Diarrhoea death toll climbs to 67

Addressing a press conference in Gaborone yesterday, acting director in the Department of Public Health, Setshwano Mokgweetsinyana said that his department has so far recorded 67 deaths out of the 5,580 diarrhoea cases reported countrywide. 

Mokgweetsinyana said between August 29 and September 4, 19 of the 28 health districts were on high alert regarding the outbreak, while seven of them have since gone below the red alert threshold. Only one health district, Okavango, has not been affected by the outbreak up to now.