LASG Restrains Cholera Outbreak

[Shola Sholaz]

EFFORTS by the Lagos State government to arrestthe cholera outbreak in the state appear to be yielding dividend as no new cholera cases have been in the wake of the disease outbreak.
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The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris confirmed that the death toll from the epidemic- prone disease had not escalated spoke on efforts to curb the spread of the disease, said various organs of the government were working assiduously to contain the spread, but warned that all diarrheoa cases were being treated as cholera.
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"Following the notice alerting the public to the cases of cholera in some parts of the state, various organs of the government such as the Ministry of Health, Information and Strategy, Environment, Water Corporation, Waste Water Management Office, Rural Development and Water Regulatory Agency have risen to the occasion, and have been working tirelessly to contain the spread. Since that time, we have not recorded any new cases of confirmed cholera".
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Idris observed that ongoing surveillance activities have identified the consumption of a local salad called "Abasa" and polluted well water as the common causes of cholera infection, stressed that outcome of investigation on the local salad shows that the sample contained germs which can cause cholera, typhoid and other serious diseases.