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Cholera fatalities 'rise' in Zimbabwe


The United Nations has increased its estimate of the number of people killed by cholera in Zimbabwe to nearly 800.

More than 16,000 others have been infected with the disease, which has been spreading across the country since late August.

There are now fears that neighbouring South Africa is under threat.

Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports.

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