KANO — A cholera outbreak in northern Nigeria has killed at least 20 people in the past two weeks with more than 300 hospitalized from the disease, a health official said Tuesday.
Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer, suffers from a high rate of water-borne diseases as a result of dilapidated infrastructure and under-investment.
The latest outbreak in Bauchi state was reported in nine districts, with the state capital Bauchi worst hit, Mohammed Maigoro, state health commissioner told reporters.
“So far we have recorded 20 deaths and 322 cases from the cholera outbreak in nine local government areas in the past two weeks,” Maigoro said.
“The Bauchi metropolis has been wors…
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