Zamfara has recorded 1,188 cases of cholera and 50 of diphtheria across the 14 local government areas of the state since December 2022 when the diseases first broke out.
The state’s Commissioner of Health, Dr. Aishatu Anka disclosed this while distributing medical consumables at the Shagari Cholera Treatment Centre in Gusau on Wednesday,.
According to the commissioner, the Governor of the state, Dauda Lawan has visited some the patients at Anka General Hospital and now “I am here at Shagari Cholera Treatment Centre to equally assess the patients’ response to treatment.She also confirmed the emergence of 50 Diphtheria cases with two deaths recorded.
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