The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has declared that 53 persons have died with no 528 confirmed cases in 31 states.
The deaths were recorded in 117 local government areas in the country.
However, the three tiers of government are tackling the menace to tame its spread.
President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a multi-sectoral cabinet committee on the control of the epidemic headed by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate.
In Katsina, the state government has recorded 118 suspected cholera cases out of which two were confirmed, adding that it was working to curtail the spread of the disease.
The Director of Epidemiology, state Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Kabir Suleiman, who disclosed this in Katsina, said the disease was caused by bacteria, which was detected with acute diarrhea.
“Based on our records, around March, this year, we had an outbreak of cholera in Kusada local government. There were 68 suspected cases where we have two confirmed cases with one death.
“The situation was effectively managed by the government together with the development partners,” he said.
Meanwhile, in Kaduna, the State Primary Health Care Board (SPHCB) said there was no any reported case of cholera in the state in spite of it being recorded in neighboring states.
The Incident Manager (IM) of the board, Dr Abdullahi Musa, said this in Kaduna.
Musa, who doubles as the board’s ‘Disease Surveillance and Notification Officer (DSNO),’ therefore said the state was alert and prepared in the advent of any emergency to curtail it in a short time.
Also in Kano State, the state government has not recorded any case of cholera.
The NCDC had earlier listed Kano among the states battling the disease.
But the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran, said findings so far revealed that there has no cholera outbreak.
“We have seen some reports in the media but we can categorically tell you that there is none,” he said.
The commissioner explained that the state government had unveiled proactive measures to safeguard the people against the cholera outbreak in the state.
Labaran said, “As a government, we have taken necessary measures, including alerting our Emergency Preparedness Response (EPR) committee two weeks ago when the disease broke out in Lagos.
Similarly, the Director-General, Kano State Centre for Disease Control (KNCDC), Prof. Muhammad Abbas, has called on the people in the state to take cholera with the seriousness it deserves due to its fatal consequences in the society.
Abbas strongly advised the residents to take proactive measures to set the state free from the dreaded disease.
The director-general explained that the commonest identified symptoms of cholera were diarrhea, vomiting and rapid dehydration, advising, ”whoever is spotted with any or all of the symptoms should be rushed to the nearest health facility.”
