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Most cholera patients don’t take clean water, lacked personal hygiene, govt should help affected communities –Doctors The Punch
Published 24 July 2021
Cholera cases have continued to be recorded in some states in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, listed Bauchi, Plateau, Kano, Niger, Zamfara and Kaduna as some of the affected states. The Federal Capital Territory Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, said 60 persons died of suspected cholera in six area councils, adding that suspected cases had risen to 698. In Plateau State, the disease has killed 21 people and infected 1144 in two months as of Wednesday.
Chairman of the market union, Muhammad Sa’idu Jide, spoke to our correspondent about this: “We have well-organised structures in the market. We have employed the services of vigilantes who go round to ensure that no crime is committed there. We have been living in peace with everybody regardless of our ethno-religious differences.”
On rebuilding of the market, Jide said, “We are not against the reconstruction of the market and are ready to cooperate with the government but we fear that there is no evidence-based preparation to embark on the project and assurance that the market will be rebuilt.
“Thousands of people source for their living from the market. If another temporary place would be provided, that would be welcome.”
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