At least 20 persons have been reported dead following the outbreak of cholera in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, where 171 cases have been recorded. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sampson Parker, disclosed this in a statement he issued in Port Harcourt.
Parker, in the statement, said the local government area rapid response team and the state emergency response team responded swiftly.
The state emergency response team and the social mobilization team, he said, were on ground to contain the outbreak.
The commissioner stated that government had established two treatment centres in Ebukuma and Okoli'ile to handle reported cases, advising affected persons to access the facilities.