KANO - A cholera outbreak has killed 40 people while 115 others have been infected in northern Nigeria's Borno State in the past week
"We have recorded cholera outbreak in 8 of the 27 local governments in the state with 40 fatalities and 115 infections," state commisioner for local government affairs Abdurrahman Terab said.
He said health officials and drugs have been deployed to the affected areas while investigations into the outbreak have commenced.
Terab said the refusal of those infected to be quarantined in designated health centres has led to the spread of the disease.
More than 260 people died of cholera in four northern states in the last quarter of 2009.
Cholera is a water-borne disease and can also be transmitted by food that has been in contact with sewage.
Cholera kills 40 in Nigeria
KANO - A cholera outbreak has killed 40 people while 115 others have been infected in northern Nigeria's Borno State in the past week
"We have recorded cholera outbreak in 8 of the 27 local governments in the state with 40 fatalities and 115 infections," state commisioner for local government affairs Abdurrahman Terab said.
He said health officials and drugs have been deployed to the affected areas while investigations into the outbreak have commenced.
Terab said the refusal of those infected to be quarantined in designated health centres has led to the spread of the disease.
More than 260 people died of cholera in four northern states in the last quarter of 2009.
Cholera is a water-borne disease and can also be transmitted by food that has been in contact with sewage.