BREAKING: Cholera hits Borno after flood disaster

BREAKING: Cholera hits Borno after flood disaster …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>

The Borno State Government has announced the outbreak of cholera, an extremely serious disease that can cause severe acute watery diarrhoea with severe dehydration.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Prof Baba Mallam Gana made the announcement at a press briefing in Maiduguri on Friday.

Cholera is caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. It spreads also through contaminated food or water and affects both children and adults and can kill within hours if untreated.

The cholera outbreak in Borno…

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