According to the state administration, a cholera outbreak in Ogun State has claimed 12 lives in less than a month.
On September 17, the Ogun State Ministry of Health issued a warning on the cholera epidemic in the state’s Ijebu North Local Government Area.
The sickness has since extended to the local governments of Abeokuta North and Abeokuta South, with just 217 instances being reported in Ijebu North, according to the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker.
Out of the 246 cases that have been documented so far, she has now established that there have been 12 fatalities.
After meeting with stakeholders at the ministry in Abeokuta, Coker provided a disease update.
“Unfortunately, there have been 246 cases reported, and at least 12 deaths have occurred, giving us a mortality rate of 44.6%.
“Given that we have a high level of education in our state, this is a little high. The high rate of open defecation in Ogun State, according to what we discovered, is what’s truly fueling the cholera outbreak, she added.
In order to eradicate the sickness, Coker advised locals to refrain from open defecation and maintain good hygiene.
She said that open defecation had caused faecal waste to pollute water supplies.
She said that in order to restore normalcy, the administration has started chlorinating wells in Ijebu North.
