Lagos state Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, says the State has recorded 15 deaths and confirmed 17 cases of Cholera, with 350 suspected cases in 29 wards, across multiple Local government Areas of the state.
According to Professor Abayomi, cases previously recorded are now subsiding in previously affected Local Government Areas, due to interventions.
Senior Correspondent, Jacqueline Ogoh takes a look at the disease—Cholera and public reactions to it.
Cholera is caused by the bacterium known as vibrio cholera.
It is passed from human faeces into water when for example, heavy flooding washes human faeces into streams or rivers, from which people get drinking water.
It can also spread into food, when human faeces with the bacteria, is touched and hands not thoroughly washed, before food or vegetables are prepared.
The major symptoms of cholera include non-stop stooling, ceaseless vomiting, leading to general weakness.
Cholera can be very deadly when not detected early.
A Medical Practitioner, Oluwatobi Adeniji says some studies have shown that persons within the blood group O, are more susceptible to cholera just as children under the age of five, can spread cholera faster, through unhygienic playful ways.
TVC News Correspondent visited Surulere to gather reactions and identified risk factors for illness spread, including as cooking and dining near unclean drains in unsanitary settings.
Doctors recommend that hands be cleaned often to avoid cholera, with the government providing portable water on a consistent basis.
Food must be prepared by vendors in sanitary circumstances and monitored by sanitary inspectors.
