Zimbabwe's government has begun restricting public gatherings and food trading while monitoring burials in all cholera-affected areas after a surge in cases this week, the media reported.
This week, the number of new cases of cholera in the country in Southern Africa almost tripled from 437 to 1,259, according to the report, marking the largest increase since the water-borne disease's most recent outbreak began in February.
As of Saturday, 8,787 instances of cholera have been recorded in the nation, with 155 deaths associated with it.
Due to the biggest number of new infections, authorities of the Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, reportedly declared a state of emergency last week.
In May, Harare Health Council Chief Prosper Chonzi confirmed a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe's capital after 21 cases were reported.
In October, the government introduced some other restrictions. For instance, funerals were limited to 50 people and neither handshakes nor food service was permitted during the gatherings. Additionally, authorities advised staying away from unlicensed vendors, outdoor church camps with poor hygiene, and open-air markets.
Furthermore, media reported that Zimbabweans were finding it more and more difficult to access clean water and water purification supplies. Some locals were also worried about the diminishing security of boreholes.
However, on Saturday, Harare's Mayor Lovejoy Chitengu assured residents that the capital's water is "the safest". To confirm his words, he drank water from the tap in one of the city's districts.
Besides that, residents in Harare have reportedly been receiving water purification tablets from the city government as part of their efforts to combat the diarrheal illness.
In 2008, a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe killed more than 4,000 people before the United Nations and the US Agency for International Development intervened to bring the deadly infection under control.