Current diarrhea outbreak is the highest
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Addressing the media at Princess Marina Hospital yesterday, Madigele explained that six health districts out of the 27 were formally experiencing a diarrhea outbreak in the under five years population. Those include Mahalapye (274), Selibe Phikwe (202), Bobirwa (190), Boteti (184), Gaborone (105) and Francistown (39) cases. He also pointed out that other districts reached alert level. Those districts include Palapye, Ngami, Kgatleng, Kweneng East, Serowe and Okavango.
“Nationally there has been five deaths for week 36 where the deaths were recorded as follows; Mahalapye (two), Serowe (one), Ngami (one) and Boteti (one). Investigations are still ongoing regarding the cause of the outbreak,” he said.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...