Own Correspondent|The City of Harare is under threat of yet another cholera outbreak as the local authority in the capital is continuously failing to collect garbage due to a hard hitting fuel crisis prevailing in the country.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Harare City Council released a statement saying its garbage collection schedule had also been hamstrung by the obtaining fuel crisis.

“Dear Residents: Due to the prevailing fuel shortages on the market, we are unable to do our scheduled garbage collections.

“Today 16 garbage trucks were deployed. They have since exhausted their daily allocations… ,” said the City in a statement.

Dear Residents
Due to the prevailing fuel shortages on the market, we are unable to do our scheduled garbage collections. Today 16 garbage trucks were deployed. They have since exhausted their daily allocations…. https://t.co/1xc6jWhZBD

— City of Harare (@cohsunshinecity) January 9, 2019

Dear Residents
Due to the prevailing fuel shortages on the market, we are unable to do our scheduled garbage collections. Today 16 garbage trucks were deployed. They have since exhausted their daily allocations….

Even emergency services like the ambulance facility at various medical centres has been affected.

Earlier today, a picture of a fleet of ambulances queuing for fuel went viral on social media.

The government has been mum on when the situation is expected to normalize.