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Cholera outbreak has claimed the lives of seven persons including a two year old with six others still receiving treatment in some health facilities in Gombe.
The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Habu Dahiru, who disclosed this to newsmen,added that 32 others were affected but that they were treated and discharged.
He explained that on the 21st May, 2021, the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre of the State Ministry of Health received a surveillance report of suspected cases of Cholera and death of a two year old child in Kalajanga village in Akko Local Government Area.
He said a Rapid Response Team was deployed immediately, the cases were confirmed in the laboratory and a free treatment centre for cases was established at Bogo Model Primary Health Care (PHC) Centre.
He added:“With the threshold of confirmed cases reached, I hereby declare an outbreak of Cholera in Garko ward of Akko LGA. So far, 32 cases have been treated and discharged, six are currently on admission”.
He assured that the ministry has activated a multisectoral incident management system for a prompt and coordinated response to outbreak.
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