An outbreak of cholera over the last two months in Bauchi State,
northeastern Nigeria has killed at least 54.Bauchi State Commissioner
for Health, Dr. Sani Malami who confirmed the deaths on Thursday said :
“From our records, about 54 people have died in their homes. This was
because people do not heed to medical advice to take their sick ones to
the hospital .Five people died in our facilities, but there were lot of
deaths in the homes because people refused to take their relations to
the hospitals.The Bauchi State Ministry of Health has so far visited
over 20,000 homes to advocate timely report of any suspicion of the
disease to the nearest health facility for quick diagnosis.More than
60,000 wells in Bauchi town have been chlorinated against the cholera
virus."
According to records since January 2014 the vrius has a total of 137 cases resulting in 86 deaths
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