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The Lagos State has said it is receiving additional support from the World Health Organisation , as it now battles an outbreak of Cholera at the Kirikiri prison.
This is as the Lagos State Government has announced a significant improvement in daily Cholera cases from the spike reported two weeks ago, however, acknowledged evidence of ongoing low-grade community transmission, because few cases are still presenting to hospitals across the state. Addressing the source of the original outbreak two weeks ago, Prof. Abayomi disclosed that it has been traced to unregulated street beverages and contaminated water supply.
“All of the containers had no NAFDAC accreditation numbers, indicating they are small cottage backyard informal production units. Identifying the precise location of manufacture has proven difficult and the directorate of environmental health is planning to seal any such unregulated manufacture and make arrests of anybody involved with the manufacture or distribution of beverages without NAFDAC numbers”, Abayomi said.
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