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The cholera outbreak has claimed 53 lives, the Director-General (DG), Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Jide Idris, has said. Idris, at a news conference yesterday, said the deaths were from 1,528 suspected cases across 107 local government areas in 31 states. The deaths are in nine states, out of 16 with the…
The confirmed cases of cholera in Ogun State have risen to 19, Commissioner of Health Dr Tomi Coker has disclosed. This is coming less than a week after a 62-year-old woman died in Ijebu-Igbo, Ijebu-North Local Government Area of cholera. The woman died while caring for her infected child, who is among those hospitalised. Coker…
35 cases confirmed, 417 suspected The death toll from the cholera outbreak in Lagos state has risen to 24 with 35 confirmed cases even as 417 suspected cases have been confirmed in 20 Local Government Areas of the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi who confirmed the development on his X handle…
The Ravaging cholera outbreak which claimed human victims in Lagos state, has spread into Ogun State, killing one and leaving about five others hospitalised. Already, the epidemic has killed 21 in Lagos State with over 400 cases recorded. It was gathered that the deceased in Ogun is a 62-year-old woman in Ijebu-Igbo, Ijebu North Local…
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