INVESTIGATION (1): How contaminated water, open defecation, others caused many Cholera deaths in Nigerian communities

Meanwhile, a health official at the Agba general hospital, who asked not to be named because only the state’s health ministry could give an official response, said many cases from four other villages in the area were presented at the hospital.State confirms more cases

However, on August 10, Mr Umezurike confirmed another round of cholera outbreaks in Onweonwiya and Mgbalukwu communities in Izzi Local Government Area of the state.“No record of deaths has been reported in the area,” he said.A few days after Ebonyi State confirmed the cholera outbreak, the capital of nearby Enugu State was hit by the epidemic with health officials confirming 14 deaths within three days.

“The ORS pack is sold for N100, so I gave each of them to mix in a bottle of clean water, and told them to visit the hospital in the morning,” he told PREMIUM TIMES.

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