The Lagos State Government has said the original source of the cholera outbreak has been traced to unregulated street beverages and
contaminated water supplies.
The commissioner disclosed this while providing an update on the cholera outbreak following the “One Health” inter-governmental agency strategic meeting held over the weekend.He revealed that although no new cholera-related deaths have been reported in the last 72 hours, the government was intensifying countermeasures to eliminate transmission.
He explained that many of the samples taken from popular street beverages purchased by undercover environmental officers from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Ministry of Health in the affected areas confirmed the presence of vibrio cholerae bacteria, which is the cause of Cholera.
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