Rivers State Records 171 Cases of Cholera with 20 Deaths

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.