Cholera

Cholera in Zambia has not arrived in Choma, so the effects we are feeling are only the precautions that people are taking - for us this is mostly not shaking hands when greeting.
We are being constantly reminded about personal and food hygiene, and symptoms to look out for.
The outbreak started in Lusaka in October and has as yet not been contained, although considering the virulence of the bacteria, the spread is slow.

What the papers say:

Front page on Saturday 6th January

Clean water being provided in an affected area

This is Lusaka, but the street traders in Choma have also been removed, and when I went into town today the sides of the road looked very like the top picture, where all the traders' shelters have been dismantled.