18 December 2022
No fewer than twenty persons may have lost their lives to suspected cholera outbreak in Ekeureku community in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River.
The suspected outbreak has reportedly affected 10 villages in Ekeureku community beginning from Thursday.
permanent secretary, Iwara Iwara, at the Cross River Ministry of Health confirmed the outbreak but said he could not give the figure of the death toll.
He assured, however, that the state government had activated a health rapid response team, which had swung into action in the community bordering Ebonyi.
Report says one village head who requested anonymity said it all began when some villagers started feeling severe diarrhoea and dehydration.
He said the health condition was initially thought to be one of those associated with the dry season.
Ekeureku is an agrarian community that had been faced with unavailability of potable water and lacked good health facilities.
