According to the agency, its incident management system has been activated to prevent the spread of cholera and other vaccine-preventable outbreaks in the state.
The agency’s Incident Manager and Director of Epidemiology, Dr Kabir Suleiman, at a press conference at the agency’s Emergency Operations Centre stated that the state government has taken measures to manage the outbreak.
Part of the measures according to him include building 102 health facilities across LGAs, improving WASH facilities, and designating 34 comprehensive health centres with cholera treatment units.