Nigeria Declares Health Emergency Over Cholera Outbreak

The government said as of June 24, 1, 528 suspected cases and 53 deaths had been recorded across 31 states and 107 local government areas. It put the fatality rate at 3.5 per cent since the beginning of the year.

Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Jide Idris, made the revelations while addressing journalists in Abuja.