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In 2021, Nigeria lost 3,604 lives to Cholera -Official
Cholera — a diarrheal disease that can kill within hours if it is not treated — is endemic in Nigeria, with outbreaks reported as far back as the 1970s.
byEbuka Onyeji
January 17, 2022
In 2021, Nigeria lost no fewer than 3,604 persons to Cholera, says the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the country’s infectious disease agency.
The data, which was published on Sunday by the disease centre for Week 52, spanning December 27 till January 2, indicated that Nigeria in 2021 experienced one of the worst cholera outbreaks in many years.
According to the report which ended the epidemiological cycle for 2021, Nigeria, in the year. recorded a total of 111,662 suspected cases of Cholera.
The figure of fatalities from the diarrheal disease in the year is more than the 3,103 deaths recorded from the coronavirus pandemic since its outbreak in Nigeria in February, 2020.
Statistics have shown that Cholera is endemic in Nigeria, with outbreaks reported as far back as the 1970s.
But the 2021 cholera outbreak, with a higher case fatality rate (3.2 per cent) than the previous four years, is worsened by the attention focused on the coronavirus by the government and the neglect suffered by other diseases including Lassa Fever....
In 2021, Nigeria lost 3,604 lives to Cholera -Official
Cholera — a diarrheal disease that can kill within hours if it is not treated — is endemic in Nigeria, with outbreaks reported as far back as the 1970s.
byEbuka Onyeji
January 17, 2022
In 2021, Nigeria lost no fewer than 3,604 persons to Cholera, says the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the country’s infectious disease agency.
The data, which was published on Sunday by the disease centre for Week 52, spanning December 27 till January 2, indicated that Nigeria in 2021 experienced one of the worst cholera outbreaks in many years.
According to the report which ended the epidemiological cycle for 2021, Nigeria, in the year. recorded a total of 111,662 suspected cases of Cholera.
The figure of fatalities from the diarrheal disease in the year is more than the 3,103 deaths recorded from the coronavirus pandemic since its outbreak in Nigeria in February, 2020.
Statistics have shown that Cholera is endemic in Nigeria, with outbreaks reported as far back as the 1970s.
But the 2021 cholera outbreak, with a higher case fatality rate (3.2 per cent) than the previous four years, is worsened by the attention focused on the coronavirus by the government and the neglect suffered by other diseases including Lassa Fever....
