At least 10 people, mostly women, children, and the elderly, have been confirmed dead following an outbreak of acute diarrhoea in Yola North and Yola South Local Government Areas of Adamawa State.
The death toll may rise as several victims in the hospital are in critical condition.
The Adamawa State Commissioner for Health, Felix Tangwami, confirmed the outbreak while speaking to journalists in Yola.
He provided an update on the situation, which began on Monday, noting that around 300 people have been admitted to Yola Specialist Hospital, with many still in critical condition.
Tangwami added that some patients have been treated and discharged, but new cases continue to emerge.
“Those on danger with serious cases have been isolated for medical attention at the Infectious Disease Center of the Specialist Hospital.
“The situation though rough, but it is still within the scope of the government as everything humanly possible is being done to contain the outbreak,” Tangwami assured.
He said: ”The Government is not hiding anything rather following due process in handling sensitive life threatening health concerns with the hope to know the outcome of the result of the samples in the next 24 hours from the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.
“For now, nobody can confirm that what we are facing is cholera outbreak until all necessary analysis is conducted thoroughly and results are out.
“We don’t have the PCR equipment for testing the collected samples here in Yola. So, we have to send it to Abuja for confirmation which would be ready in the next 48 hours,” the commissioner maintained.
(Vanguard)
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