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Re: 61 Dead, 50 Hospitalised As Cholera Outbreak Hits Yobe by Felixalex(m): 8:12pm On Sep 21, 2018
cry
Re: 61 Dead, 50 Hospitalised As Cholera Outbreak Hits Yobe by Cindy08: 8:13pm On Sep 21, 2018
Yesuuuu christy coloura still dey exist? lipsrsealed lipsrsealed those people too dirty
Re: 61 Dead, 50 Hospitalised As Cholera Outbreak Hits Yobe by abbeyty(m): 8:25pm On Sep 21, 2018
Cholera still killing people in Nigeria like chicken in this jet age.
Re: 61 Dead, 50 Hospitalised As Cholera Outbreak Hits Yobe by mandax: 8:27pm On Sep 21, 2018
RIP, after surviving Boko Haram assault caused by you and your leaders adopting Islamic Sharia Criminal codes.
Re: 61 Dead, 50 Hospitalised As Cholera Outbreak Hits Yobe by israelmao(m): 8:29pm On Sep 21, 2018
Mortality rate in this nation is so alarming.
Re: 61 Dead, 50 Hospitalised As Cholera Outbreak Hits Yobe by SoNature(m): 9:11pm On Sep 21, 2018
NaijaMutant:
Ordinary cholera has claimed 61lives already.


Thank God Ebola did not come in the time of buhari

By now, half of Nigeria population would have been wiped out

That's one of the good things the administration of GEJ will be remembered for

I remember how the team of Babatunde Raji Fashola, Labaran Maku and Onyebuchi Chukwu coordinated and put up a fight against ebola, kicking it out of Nigeria.

Then when there was a reported case of ebola in the United States, I saw on CNN, "What can California learn from Nigeria?"

That was one of the few times I felt so proud to be called a Nigerian cry

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Re: 61 Dead, 50 Hospitalised As Cholera Outbreak Hits Yobe by djukum1: 10:02pm On Sep 21, 2018
hmmmm! innocent children are at the receiving end. parent have no hygenic measures couple with the poverty in the areas! may the soul rest in peace
Re: 61 Dead, 50 Hospitalised As Cholera Outbreak Hits Yobe by Nobody: 10:40pm On Sep 21, 2018
Nwaforj44:
Fresh cases of cholera have left 61 people dead and 50 still on admission in hospitals across Yobe State.

Confirming the figures on Friday in a statement, the state government also noted that there were 906 fresh cases.

According to NAN, Dr Muhammad Kawuwa, Commissioner for Health, said the cases of Acute Water Diarrhoea (AWD) reported in parts of the state were later confirmed to be cholera after laboratory tests.

He said: “Some of the AWD cases were caused by Vibrio bacterae, the bacteria that cause cholera. Over 795 patients were successfully treated and discharged, 50 are still on admission in various health facilities across the state.

“Unfortunately, we lost 61 patients mainly due to delays in timely reporting to the healthcare facilities for life saving treatment.”

He also stated that 906 cases were recorded in six local government areas: Gujba, Gulani, Damaturu, Fune, Potiskum and Nangere in two months.

Kawuwa said the Ministry of Health, the World Health Organisation (WHO), University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Abuja were authenticating the causes of the outbreak, noting that “in the light of this and due to our continued concern for the health of our people, the state government is therefore declaring outbreak cholera in the state”.

According to the commissioner, the move became necessary ensure improved response with the support of international partners.

He identified personal hygiene, absence of sanitation facilities in the communities and flooding of water sources by the rains as possible causes of the outbreak, just as he called on Water, Sanitation and Health sector partners, religious and traditional leaders and the people to support government efforts to contain the outbreak.

https://www.akelicious.net/2018/09/61-dead-50-hospitalised-as-cholera.html

ordinary cholera killing people in the shit hole.

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