Oyintiloye stated this in a chat with newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo.
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General Manager, LASEPA, Dr. Tunde Ajayi, gave the warning in an update on efforts to contain the spread of cholera.
He made the call in a statement on Saturday.
The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Nureni Adeniran made this known in the instructions released in Ibadan on Saturday.
At the last count, the Lagos State Government announced an increase in cases from 15 to 21 in the cholera cases.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Toyin Azebi, refuted the report at a joint press briefing held on Friday in Yenagoa
The agency’s Eastern Mediterranean Region reported the highest number of cases, followed by the African Region.
Before now, the state had a total of 15 deaths and 350 reported cases of cholera as at the last briefing on the disease.
The Lagos State Government said this in an advisory on Monday to parents, guardians, and school authorities.
The state, which confirmed 17 cases on Saturday, said there are 350 suspected cases in 29 Wards across the state.
This outbreak is part of a larger national issue, with Nigeria recording 65 confirmed cases and 30 deaths from January 1 to June 11, 2024, spanning 96 local governments in 30 states.
To this end, the state government, following the initial alert and advisory issued on the outbreak, has activated its Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) at Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, gave the charge on Saturday in Ibadan, the state capital
Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said the state had recorded an excess report of severe gastroenteritis.
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.
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.