The Lagos State Government has activated a Public Health Emergency Operations Centre at Mainland Hospital, Yaba, Lagos following the death of fifteen persons from a cholera outbreak in four days.
The Emergency Operations Centre is expected to address the increasing number of severe gastroenteritis cases across multiple Local Government Areas in Lagos State.
Lagos state now has 350 suspected cases of cholera in 29 wards across multiple Local governments with 17 confirmed cases.
While speaking on steps taken to control the outbreak, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed that although this is an increase from the numbers published 3 days ago, cases are now dramatically subsiding in previously affected LGAs due to interventions and surveillance efforts.
However there are new cases in previously unaffected LGAs, signalling the need for residents to adhere strictly to precautionary, personal, and environmental hygiene measures.
