Mitchell Dzoro
The Civil Protection Unit is investigating the death of 35 children from suspected measles and mumps in Hurungwe.
The children were deceased in a space of a month and the affected wards and villages are Ward 4, 22 and Nyama village 5 of Hurungwe RDC.
The Permanent Secretary of Information and Publicity, Nick Mangwana said in a statement on his X(formerly Twitter) account : “Some of the children who have died were recorded from the following families; Nduna household 7 children, Magara 5 children, Matashu 2 children, Chikonamombe 2 children, Kaitano 2 children.
“The tragic deaths came to light when a member of the church brought 4 of his children to Karoi Hospital with 2 showing signs of measles and the other 2 having mumps.” said Mangwana.
The Civil Protection Unit has since been deployed to the shrine to engage the church’s leadership.
The Apostolic Sector has defied the call for immunization for years as they believe that only prayers can heal and cure them.
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