A fresh cholera outbreak in Bauchi State has infected 322 persons with at least 20 deaths in some parts of the state.
The first index case was a 37-year-old patient, who was admitted to Burra General Hospital on 24 April 2021.
Dr. Aliyu Mohammed Maigoro, the State Commissioner for Health gave the update on the situation during a media briefing on Tuesday morning.
Maigoro said the outbreak has spread across nine local government areas since the first case was recorded in April.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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