{"id":364473,"date":"2024-09-27T12:41:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T12:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2024\/09\/27\/cholera-claims-nine-lives-in-yobe\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T12:41:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T12:41:21","slug":"cholera-claims-nine-lives-in-yobe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2024\/09\/27\/cholera-claims-nine-lives-in-yobe\/","title":{"rendered":"Cholera Claims Nine Lives In Yobe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-821100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Cholera.jpg\" alt=\"60 Dead As Cholera Outbreak Hits Katsina Communities\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1025\"  \/><br \/>No less than nine persons have been confirmed dead following a Cholera outbreak in Yobe State.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Thursday, Lawan Ghana, the State Commissioner of Health, said the disease outbreak was confirmed in Gujba, Fune, Machina, Nangere and Nguru Local Government Areas (LGA).<\/p>\n<p>According to him, a total of 132 cases were recorded as of September 25 and so far, 112 patients have been treated and discharged.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The State, he said, recorded an upsurge in cases of acute watery diarrhoea as a result of the current heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far confirmed cases have been identified in 5 LGAs, namely Gujba, Fune, Machina, Nangere and Nguru LGAs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA total of 132 cholera cases were recorded as at 25th September 2024, unfortunately, we lost 9 patients, Case Fatality Rate (CFR).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of this and due to our continuous concern for the health of our people and the need to scale up response with the support of our International, National and Local partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe state government is therefore declaring an outbreak of cholera in Yobe State,\u201d the Commissioner revealed.<\/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-1934508100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/FirstBank-Giant-Strides300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No less than nine persons have been confirmed dead following a Cholera outbreak in Yobe State. In a statement on Thursday, Lawan Ghana, the State Commissioner of Health, said the disease outbreak was confirmed in Gujba, Fune, Machina, Nangere and Nguru Local Government Areas (LGA). According to him, a total of 132 cases were recorded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":364474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-364473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cholera Claims Nine Lives In Yobe - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2024\/09\/27\/cholera-claims-nine-lives-in-yobe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cholera Claims Nine Lives In Yobe - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"No less than nine persons have been confirmed dead following a Cholera outbreak in Yobe State. 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