Suspected cholera outbreak claims 12 lives
Dilli said about suspected 134 cases had so far been reported from the two local government areas.
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The Head of Emergency Operation Centre and Director Public Health in the ministry, Dr Bwalki Dilli, made this known to newsmen in Yola on Tuesday.
“For now we are in a period of suspected cholera outbreak in two local government areas of Mubi North and Mubi South.
“We quickly rushed to the local government areas and conducted our investigation. We carried out some basic laboratory tests.
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“We took stool samples from 11 patients and all the 11 were positive for cholera. But it’s just rapid diagnostic test; it’s not confirmatory,” Dilli said.
He noted that the samples had been taken to a reference laboratory for further investigation and the results were being awaited.
Dilli said that the ministry with the support of other partners like WHO had set up a 24-hour treatment centre at Mubi General Hospital.
He urged the public to be on alert and observe personal and environmental hygiene, adding that the state emergency operation centre had dedicated toll-free telephone lines for reports and enquires on health emergencies.
He gave the telephone lines as: 08031230359 and 07080601139.
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