20 people have died of Cholera in the Adoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, health officials say.
20 die in fresh Cholera outbreak
This was disclosed by the Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Sampson Parker on Wednesday, January 14.
Recommended articles
This was disclosed by the State Commissioner for Health, Sampson Parker on Wednesday, January 14.
Parker also said, via a statement, that about 171 cases of the disease had been recorded since the beginning of an outbreak on January 5.
The commissioner however assured members of the public that the state government would tackle the scourge head on saying that two treatment centres had been established in two of the worst hit communities.
ADVERTISEMENT
Cholera is usually transmitted to humans via contaminated food or water and can kill within a short period.
JOIN OUR PULSE COMMUNITY!
ADVERTISEMENT
Eyewitness? Submit your stories now via social or:
Email: eyewitness@pulse.ng
Recommended articles
Niger Delta youths urge stakeholders to support amnesty program boss Otuaro
Dufil Prima Foods brings relief to indigent families in Abeokuta
World Bank anticipates substantial decline in global food prices by 2025
Yahaya Bello's nemesis, Akpoti tells EFCC to see ex-governor's case to the end
8 confirmed dead as floods sweep away truck attempting to cross flooded river
Chess master Tunde Onakoya's parents get house gift from good Samaritan
Teacher told everyone her man abandoned her for another woman — the truth was worse
Ile-Ife is our ancestral home, Benin Kingdom tells Ooni
American school refunds $760,000 Yahaya Bello deposit to EFCC
ADVERTISEMENT
![FCE, Zaria sets committee to investigate 12 students suspected to be cultists [myschoolgist]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'300'%20height%3D'172'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "FCE, Zaria sets committee to investigate 12 students suspected to be cultists [myschoolgist]")