As cholera cases continue to surge across the country, public and community health experts have advised that people should avoid roadside food, sea and
LEADERSHIP Sunday reports that the disease is prevalent in countries, states and regions were access to safe water is a challenge and good sewage treatment system is a luxury. It is also a disease of developing countries like Nigeria.
A public health consultant, Osas Ikpomosa, said symptoms of cholera include sudden acute watery diarrhoea in children and adults with or without vomiting, nausea and weakness.Ikpomosa told LEADERSHIP Sunday that cholera is prevalent in communities where open defecation practice is common, with lack of clean water and poor hygiene practice.
The same goes for fruits. It is better to buy fruits that you can peel and wash yourself. Consuming fruits and vegetables without proper washing at this time is not ideal because you don’t know where they are coming from, he added. She stressed the need for people to be mindful of what they consume, saying it very easy for water and food to get contaminated when there is absence of WASH.
On it’s part, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has also cautioned Nigerians against improper waste disposal and eating of raw food like fruits and vegetables unless they are properly washed with clean water.
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