BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has expressed concern over a surge in cases of mumps, amid reports that there is no vaccination for the disease in Zimbabwe.
This was revealed by Bulawayo environmental health officer Nhlonipho Sithole Sibanda during an update on adverse disease conditions recently.
She expressed concern that the public does not take the disease seriously.
“As Bulawayo, we are experiencing an increase in cases of mumps and as a country, we are currently not vaccinating for the disease, but globally, there are countries that vaccinate people against the disease,” Sibanda said.
She said the city was planning to initiate the vaccination of mumps in Zimbabwe.
“We want to see the intensity of the problem, then lobby for the vaccination of children as mostly the boy child is affected and it tends to affect their fertility,” Sibanda said.
“We are currently reporting to the national system and we hope as we go we can lobby for vaccination against the disease.”
Sibanda said COVID-19 cases had been increasing in some countries, adding that people should protect themselves and seek medical help if they have high fever.
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She, however, said no case had been recorded lately in Zimbabwe.
“There are some diseases which have not reached our nation but we are very aware of them.
“Diseases like monkey pox which has been affecting our neighbouring States like South Africa, we are ready to prevent them from killing the citizens in Zimbabwe,” Sibanda said.
She said BCC had introduced intensified healthcare facilities to protect citizens from dying due to preventable diseases.
