A cholera outbreak in Ebonyi has claimed the lives of 20 people.
The state Director of Public Health and Disease control, Chris Achi,
revealed the news, stating that the deaths occurred across seven local
government areas including Abakaliki, Izzi, Ebonyi, Ohaukwu, Ishielu,
Ezza North and Ohaozara, The Nation reports.
Achi
stated that the individuals who died resorted to self medication and
died due to renal breakdown before being taken to hospitals for medical
treatment.
According to the report, Achi also “discouraged people
from defecating indiscriminately around their vicinities and drinking
contaminated water and called on those seeking for house as tenants to
ensure they live in houses that have toilet facilities. He also enjoined the people to ensure personal hygiene and desist from eating foods they are not sure of where it was prepared to avoid contracting the disease.”
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