The Centre said it was working in collaboration with other stakeholders to support the state government in actively searching for cases and to unravel the outbreak, in spite of the security challenges affecting access to the community.
The stakeholders included the Teaching hospital, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), the State Ministry of Health, various Health workers, the Sokoto State Water Board, and other MDAs.