As states battle the chorea outbreak in the country, the Katsina State Primary Healthcare Development Agency said two cases have been confirmed in Kusada local government area of the state with 118 others under medical investigation.
According to the agency, its incident management system has been activated to prevent the spread of cholera and other vaccine-preventable outbreaks in the state.
The agency’s Incident Manager and Director of Epidemiology, Kabir Suleiman, at a press conference at the agency’s Emergency Operations Centre disclosed that the state government has taken measures to manage the outbreak including building 102 health facilities across LGAs, improving WASH facilities, and designating 34 comprehensive health centres with cholera treatment units.
Suleiman emphasised that the state is fully prepared to coordinate any outbreak, with a sensitive surveillance system in place to detect cases of priority diseases like cholera.
Katsina State has been identified as a high-risk area for cholera by the Global Taskforce for Cholera Control, with 10 LGAs considered high-risk.
