The officials in a meeting at the Emergency Operation Centre, attended by a delegation of Adamawa Government officials, said water from the wash boreholes used by water vendors in supplying water to majority of residents in the town tested positive to cholera bacteria.
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Sakawa made this known while receiving the State Government team led by the Commissioner of Health, Dr Fatima Atiku who visited the hospital for an on the spot assessment.
The Head of Emergency Operation Centre and Director Public Health in the ministry, Dr Bwalki Dilli, made this known to newsmen in Yola on Tuesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the blast claimed 27 lives.
Yerima, who spoke to News Agency of Nigeria said the first blast was in a mosque around the second hand clothes market during afternoon prayer, while the second was outside the mosque.