Abuja, June 24, 2024 – Cholera outbreak has killed 53 persons in Nigeria as of Monday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported.
Jide Idris, the Director General of the centre, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Abuja on Monday.
He said the 53 deaths were reported from 1,528 suspected cases across 107 local government areas in 31 states.
Idris said the fatality rate of 3.5% since the beginning of the year has placed Nigeria at a high-risk level (level 3).
He said the National Cholera Multi-Sectoral Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) had been activated to ensure immediate and coordinated actions from the agency to address the situation.
According to the World health organisation (WHO), Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by eating or drinking food or water that is contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio Cholerae.
Cholera remains a global threat to public health and is an indicator of inequity and lack of social development (GBN)
