About 10 persons have died following a cholera outbreak in Ndibokote village of Ezza Inyimagu in the Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
Among the dead person is a nursing mother, who left behind a nine-month-old baby.
The Ebonyi State Health Commissioner Moses Ekuma confirmed this in a statement by the ministry’s spokesman Lucy Anyim.
Apart from the deceased, about 20 persons affected by the outbreak are responding to treatment as efforts have been made to put the disease under control from spreading around the community.
Ekuma noted that the state Governor Francis Nwifuru has approved the procurement of medical commodities to curtail the outbreak. He said that three treatment centres including the Iziogo Health Centre, Sudan Mission Onuenyim, and Ndibokote village have been established in the area.
Open defecation and poor hygiene have been attributed to the outbreak of the disease, as most communities get drinking water from streams, as such the people are advised to take precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the disease.
