The Center for Control and Prevention and Disease Control (NCDC) detailed a report that of the total number of deaths last November, 33 patients died from the disease.
The medical institution reported that in the calculated 11-month period, 10 states “represented 95 percent of the cumulative cases with the disease in that country,” including Borno (12,459), Gombe (1,407), Taraba (142 thousand) and Kano. with a thousand 131.
Noting that the multisectoral National Technical Task Force on Cholera is working to reduce the incidence of the disease, the NCDC urged Nigerians to maintain personal and environmental cleanliness and hygiene.
Cholera, which is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae and whose treatment includes rehydration, intravenous therapy and the use of antibiotics, can be acquired by patients through contamination of water and food, according to specialized sources.
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