{"id":221082,"date":"2024-09-26T20:31:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T20:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/26\/many-dead-others-hospitalized-as-cholera-hits-ebonyi-community-after-eating-dog-cow-meats\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T20:31:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T20:31:37","slug":"many-dead-others-hospitalized-as-cholera-hits-ebonyi-community-after-eating-dog-cow-meats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/26\/many-dead-others-hospitalized-as-cholera-hits-ebonyi-community-after-eating-dog-cow-meats\/","title":{"rendered":"Many Dead, Others Hospitalized As Cholera Hits Ebonyi Community After Eating Dog, Cow Meats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Some yet to be identified residents of Ndibokote village in Ezza-Inyimagu, Agbaja Autonomous Community, Izzi Local Government Area of the state have been killed by suspected cholera disease.<\/p>\n<p>INFORMATION NIGERIA reports that among the dead person is a nursing mother, who left behind a nine-month-old baby.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with newsmen on Thursday, the state Commissioner for Health, Moses Ekuma confirmed the outbreak and the death.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to Ekuma, over 20 other residents in the area have been hospitalised for suspected cholera infection.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a\u00a0member of the community, Stephen Nwankpuma linked the death to the burial of a woman last weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Cholera Outbreak In Adamawa Claims Four Lives, 36 Hospitalized<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThere was a burial there last week and also there were others who went and ate dog killed in the area. People who went to the burial and those who ate the dog were the main people who first got sick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who went to the burial ate a cow that was killed and prepared in a very dirty environment. Their community is located in the remotest part of the state. In fact it shares boundary with Benue State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no good source of water in the area. The only borehole in the area is no longer functional. The only source of water there now is a pond or stream and it is very dirty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation is worsened by the heavy rain falling this period which flowed into the stream carrying all the wastes with it and probably contaminating the pond.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"941128\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-832893649\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FirstBank-Giant-Strides300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some yet to be identified residents of Ndibokote village in Ezza-Inyimagu, Agbaja Autonomous Community, Izzi Local Government Area of the state have been killed by suspected cholera disease. 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