Many die as Cholera outbreak hits Maiduguri IDP camps





No fewer than 16 people have been confirmed dead with
over 170 hospitalized after a recent cholera outbreak at the
three IDP camps in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.
UNICEF officials and those from the World Health
Organizations who are stationed at the camps say the
situation in the camp at the moment is terrible and requires
immediate and drastic action.
“The situation at the camps is terrible. It was
sudden and already a large number has been
affected. At the last count, we have 16 dead and
about 172 affected. We are in an emergency health
situation in those camps.”one of the officials told
Vanguard in a telephone interview.
Meanwhile National Emergency Management Authority
Information Officer, Abdulkadir Ibrahim has denied the
outbreak of the viral disease but rather reported cases of
diarrhoea and vomiting



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