Gombe declares cholera outbreak, records 10 deaths

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  • September 25, 2022
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Gombe declares cholera outbreak, records 10 deaths

Tamarauemi Ebimini

Gombe State has declared an outbreak of cholera with no fewer than ten deaths already recorded across the state.

The Gombe commissioner for health, Dr Habu Dahiru, stated this on Thursday in Gombe while addressing newsmen on the outbreak of the disease in the state.

Dahiru, who was represented by the Executive Secretary of the Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Abdulrahman Shuaibu, said as of Sept. 20, the number of cases increased to 236.

He said in 2021, the state recorded a total of 2, 373 cases of the disease in three outbreaks within the year.

The commissioner said the ministry of health had activated an incident management system for control of cholera at the Primary Health Emergency Centre in the state.

He added that the Ministry had established 13 cholera treatment units across the five affected local government areas for management of the cases free of charge.

Dahiru also stated that decontamination of wells and boreholes in affected communities would be carried out.

He added that sensitisation and distribution of water treatment tablets in all affected communities would be conducted.

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