Adamawa Confirms 12 Cholera Deaths

The Adamawa State government yesterday confirmed the outbreak of cholera with 12 deaths recorded.

The Commissioner for Health, Felix Tangwami, who confirmed the out – break in Yola, said that out of 50 samples of suspected cases, 30 were positive.

Tangwami said that six of the deaths were recorded at a facility; six occurred at home and about 308 people were admitted with 244 treated and discharged.

He said: “I want to inform you all that we have received the results of samples sent to NCDC for confirmation. It’s confirmed that what we are dealing with is acute watery diarrhoea or cholera.

The commissioner said: “Unfortunately, out of the 50 samples sent to the National Reference L a b o r a t o r y (NRL) in Abuja, 30 samples returned positive for cholera, six came back negative; two still ongoing and 12 were still pending in isolation.

“With these results, therefore, I want to confirm to the public that there is an outbreak of cholera in Adamawa.
“People should be cautious of their movements, interactions, personal hygiene, and the source of water they drink.

“The public is assured that the government through its health workers is doing everything possible by the grace of God to contain the situation as it has done in the past with other similar outbreaks.

“We ask that people should continue to pray for us as we face this monster. They should remain calm and cooperate with health workers as they go around sensitising and giving professional advice.”