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Lagos cholera cases increase to 421

By: Adisa Deborah

The number of suspected cholera cases in Lagos state has reached 421.

 

Akin Abayomi, the Commissioner for Health, announced this on Saturday via his Instagram profile @profakinabayomi.

 

“As of June 20, 2024, an additional four suspected cholera cases have been reported, as illustrated in the accompanying graph,” the journalist wrote.

He stated that the Emergency Operations Centre, in coordination with all relevant partners, is actively involved in contact tracing, community-based surveillance, awareness campaigns, sample testing, and ensuring that confirmed cholera cases receive proper medical care.

 

On Friday, the commissioner confirmed 35 of the state’s 417 suspected cases, as well as 24 deaths, spanning 20 Local Government Areas.

The incidents were recorded in Agege, Badagry, Ikeja, Mushin, Ajeromi-Ifelofun, Epe, Ikorodu, Ojo, Alimosho, and Eti-Osa.

 

Others were Kosofe, Oshodi-Isolo, Amuwo-Odofin, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos Island, Shomolu, Apapa, Ifako-Ijaiye, the Lagos mainland, and Surulere.

Cholera is a food and water-borne disease caused by consuming the bacteria Vibrio cholerae from contaminated water and food. Cholera can produce severe acute watery diarrhea, and severe cases can be fatal within hours if not treated.

 

In Nigeria, cholera is an endemic and seasonal disease that occurs primarily during the rainy season and is more common in places with poor sanitation.

The World Health Organization declared on Thursday a cholera outbreak in numerous regions of the world, with about 195,000 cases and over 1,900 deaths reported in 24 countries since the beginning of 2024.

 

According to WHO, the Eastern Mediterranean Region had the most instances, followed by Africa, the Americas, Southeast Asia, and Europe.

According to the global health organization’s bulletin, there have been no documented cases in the Western Region as of Wednesday.

 

It stated that it had exhausted its global stockpile of oral cholera vaccines by March, but was able to meet “the emergency target of five million doses in early June for the first time in 2024.”