At least 18 people were feared dead in Charanchi
Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State and 24 others currently
hospitalised following suspected outbreak of cholera which has claimed 47 lives
so far.
The scourge had earlier claimed 29 lives in about
181 cases recorded in Funtua, Kusada, Kaita, Ingawa, Katsina and Kankia council
areas of the state.
The recent outbreak, which occurred last Saturday, had
caused panic among residents in the affected communities.
Other villages affected by the deadly outbreak in
Charanchi Local Government Area include Malole and Manye where eight persons
tested positive and are responding to treatment at the Comprehensive Healthcare
Clinic in Charanchi.
Radda reaffirmed that the officials of the state
Ministry of Health and the state Primary Health Care Development Agency
(SPHCDA) were still making efforts to curtail the spread of the disease in the
34 local government areas of the state.
He said: "We have provided drugs to the
victims. Those who are in the hospital are responding to treatment.
Arrangements are in pipeline to ensure that those receiving treatment survive.
Therefore, I am calling on the state government to come to our rescue."
He called on the state government under the
leadership of Governor Aminu Bello Masari and other relevant authorities to
come to the aid of the local government area by providing additional vaccines,
considering the devastating effect of the disease.
The caretaker committee chairman further admonished
residents to embrace personal hygiene in order to avert future occurrence of
the incident.
All efforts made by THISDAY to reach the dtate
Commissioner for Health, Mariatu Bala Usman, as of press time, proved abortive
as phone calls put across her phone line were unanswered.
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