By Emmanuel Nduka
Bayelsa State Government has confirmed five deaths in a fresh outbreak of cholera in Ofoni, a shoreline settlement in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state.
The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Pabara Igwele, who confirmed this on Thursday in Yenagoa, said five persons had so far died of the disease.
According to reports, at least 22 cases of cholera had so far been reported in the area.
“We have received a report of an outbreak of cholera in one of our communities, Ofoni to be precise, in Sagbama LGA.
“Samples have been taken and the test confirmed that we have about 22 line listed cases already and we have lost five persons,” he said.
(NAN)
