Zamfara State has recorded 1,188 cases of cholera and 50 of diphtheria across the 14 local government areas of the state since December 2022 when the diseases first broke out.
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The NCDC, which spoke via its official website, said this in its latest cholera situation epidemiological report.
The NCDC, via its official website on Monday, made this known in an update on the largely water borne disease.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the rain fell around Lawanson in Surulere, Apapa Road, Costain and Oyingbo areas of Lagos.
The suspected outbreak has reportedly affected 10 villages in Ekeureku community beginning from Thursday.
It said this via its official website on Wednesday, adding that 80 persons died from cholera across the country.
The State Commissioner for health, Dr. Habu Dahiru, stated this on Thursday in Gombe while addressing newsmen.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nimkong Lar, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
The Director-General, NCDC, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, said this at the review of the National Strategic Plan of Action on Cholera Control on Wednesday in Abuja.
The number of cases reported nationally in 2021 was 111,062 with 3,604 deaths, exceeding the number reported in 2020.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control revealed this in its situation report for the 52nd epidemiological and last report for 2021.
The was disclosed in the latest weekly epidemiological situation report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
NCDC Director-General, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja.
Makusidi made this known in an interview with newsmen at the ongoing workshop for journalists, organised by Pathfinder International in Minna.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said this via its officially verified website on Tuesday morning.
The suspected cholera outbreak was first reported on Friday when a resident of the community living in an uncompleted building died.
Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, said in a statement issued on Monday in Abeokuta that the reported outbreak was predominant among motorcycle riders and scavengers.
In a statement, the State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, said residents must not wait until the state records a cholera outbreak before they take preventive action or measures.
NOA Director, Shuaibu Karamba, told newsmen in Duste that Community Orientation and Mobilization Officers (COMOs) have been dispatched in the 27 local government areas of the state to intensify sensitization against the spread of cholera in their respective areas.
The state Director of Public Health in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Ashiru Rajab, confirmed the development