copyrightecoburundi the department of human health and aids prevention announces that a cholera outbreak has occurred in the rumonge municipality and province in the lower part of the country since the 25th of december dr thadde ndikumana informs that about 45 people are in hospital in rumonge medical district one of them has returned home and is said to have recovered dr thadde ndikumana also informed that the cholera disease appeared in the city of rumonge in teba kanyenkoko and gihwanya districts but also in the villages of muturirwa cugaro and kibozi in the minago zone there are mwange villages in kizuka zone gatete mutambara and makombe villages in gatete zone karonda village in kigwena zone and bisaka village in murago zone in burambi municipality in a statement issued by the ministry on friday the minister of human health said that some of the reasons are the floods that have caused the flooding of the sugume causing garbage to spread dr thadde ndikumana reassured the people that the ministry is ready to reach out to the people the ministry of public health is already prepared so that you can respond immediately let us know that this is already evident in buterere zone in the city of bujumbura one person has already offered you at the prince regent charles hospital dr thade ndikumana informs that they will bring the medical staff to examine and pump the water in buterere because even though it has been raining for days there is a lot of water that makes the house of sugume overflow with garbage thade ndikumana took the opportunity to ask government officials citizens and even those who have supported the ministry of public health to join forces to fight this disaster he asked the citizens to follow these hygiene rules