The Borno State Ministry Of Health Confirms Cholera Outbreak In The State
The Commissioner For Health and Human services Prof Baba Mallam Gana at a press briefing In Maiduguri says out of the Two Hundred samples sent for testing, seventeen returned positive.
Prof Baba Mallam Gana attributes the outbreak to the recent flood disaster that ravaged parts of the state with Jere, Mafa, Konduga, Dikwa And MMC LGA making up the seventeen confirmed cases.
Although no death has been recorded the State Government has therefore declared immediate response to control the outbreak as partners and Humanitarian Agencies like the WHO, MSF have put in place facilities to handle suspected cases.
The Commissioner also noted that about Four Hundred Thousand Vaccines have been made available.
