Eight people have died of Cholera in Anambra State, the state
Commissioner for Health, Joe
Akabuike, has said.
The commissioner revealed
this on Tuesday, January 27, in Awka, the state capital.
Akabuike also said the
state had recorded 25 cases of the disease as at January.
The commissioner added
that a team of health workers were deployed to the area as soon as the outbreak
was reported.
In a related development,
20 people are also said to have lost their lives to Cholera in Bayelsa State.
The disease is said to
have been recorded in the Sagbama and Southern Ijaw Local Government Areas of
the state with most of the infected being women and children.
The state Commissioner
for Health, Ayiabatonye
Owei has said that health officials had since
swung into action to combat the disease.
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