cholera

173 Dead, 191 Hospitalised As Cholera Ravages Kano

August 24, 2021 2:26 am

No fewer than 173 people have died in Kano as a result of a cholera outbreak that is ravaging the 44 local governments of the State.

This was revealed by the state’s Epidemiologist and Deputy Director of Public Health and Disease Control, Dr. Bashir Lawan Muhammad, when he spoke to newsmen on Monday.

He explained that from March to July 2021 the state treated 4,932 out of the 5,316 active cases of the disease and have all been discharged.

‘The outbreak started in March this year, when we started recording cases in only one local government.

‘But, as I speak …

Cyclone-ravaged Mozambique reports five cholera cases

March 28, 2019 11:45 am

Five cases of cholera have been confirmed in Mozambique following the cyclone that ravaged the country killing at least 468 people, a government health official said Wednesday.

Cyclone Idai smashed into Mozambique on March 15, unleashing hurricane-force winds and heavy rains that flooded much of the centre of the poor southern African country and then battered eastern Zimbabwe and Malawi.

The Red Cross has previously warned of a “ticking bomb of disease” and called for the deployment of medicines and health professionals to avert a full-blown health disaster.