Yusuff Moshood, Imoleayo Oyedeyi, Angela Onwuzoo, Lara Adejoro and Amarachi Okeh With the nation presently under the chokehold of cholera and the death toll hitting 40, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says the country does not have enough vaccines to prevent further infection. This was made known by the Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Jide Idris. According to him, Nigeria has placed an order for more cholera vaccines from donor agencies, even though the date of delivery is still unknown.
The NCDC boss stressed the need for the country to embrace the use of vaccines and other preventive measures to curb the spread of acute diarrhoeal infection. Cholera is a food and water-borne disease caused by the ingestion of the bacterium, Vibrio cholerae, in contaminated water and food. Cholera kills 4,364 in four years No fewer than 4,364 people have died out of the 139,730 Nigerians suspected to have been infected with the disease across the country in the last four years, an investigation by Saturday PUNCH has indicated.
The incidence rate was derived from an analysis of the weekly cholera situation reports released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control between 2021 and 2024. Recall that the NCDC recently alerted the public to the increasing trend of cholera cases across the country as the rainy season intensifies. In a statement signed by Idris on Thursday, June 13, 2024, the agency said that from January 1 to June 11, 2024, a t.
