CHOLERA OUTBREAK: OYO GOVT ROLLS OUT MEASURES TO PREVENT OUTBREAK IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The Oyo State Government has implemented measures to prevent Cholera outbreak in public basic schools, advising Head Teachers to ensure that food vendors and handlers...
CHOLERA OUTBREAK: KANO WARNS RESIDENTS TO AVOID DRINKING RAINWATER
The Kano State Government has advised residents against drinking rainwater to prevent the spread of cholera as the rainy season has set in. The advice...
LAGOS CHOLERA CASES RISE TO 421
The suspected cholera cases in Lagos State have risen to 421. The Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi disclosed this on his Instagram handle, @profakinabayomi on...
HEALTH: NCDC RECORDS 6,704 LASSA FEVER CASES, 162 DEATHS IN 23 WEEKS
In 125 local government areas spread over 28 states, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 162 fatalities and 6,704 suspected cases...
CHOLERA OUTBREAK: ONE CONFIRMED DEAD, FIVE HOSPITALISED IN OGUN
The Ogun State Government has verified the cholera epidemic, which has hospitalized five people and resulted in the death of a sixty-two-year-old woman. Ijebu Igbo,...
CHOLERA: WHO CONFIRMS OVER 1,900 DEATHS, 195,000 CASES GLOBALLY
The World Health Organization (WHO) has verified that the cholera outbreak has resulted in 1,932 cases and 194,897 fatalities worldwide. According to a statement from...
LAGOS RECORDS 21 FATALITIES AS NEW SUSPECTED CHOLERA CASES EMERGE
Following the most recent update, which revealed 350 suspected cases and 15 fatalities, Dr. Kemi Ogunyemi, Special Advisor on Health to the Lagos State Governor,...
REFRIGERATING COOKED FOOD FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS DANGEROUS – NAFDAC
The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Moji Adeyeye has cautioned Nigerians against the storage of...
LAGOS HEALTH COMMISSIONER WARNS OF HIGHLY AGGRESSIVE, CONTAGIOUS CHOLERA STRAIN
The Lagos State Health Commissioner, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has announced that tests have confirmed that the recent disease outbreak in the state is due to...
CHOLERA DEATH TOLL RISES TO 30 AS 1,141 HOSPITALISED
In light of the recent cholera outbreak in several states of Nigeria, the National Biosafety Management Agency has urged the general public to exercise caution....