Fourteen persons have died and 230 people are currently on admission following an Outbreak of cholera in an IDP camp at Muna garage in Borno State.
In response to the outbreak, the U.N. has opened an emergency hospital in the camp and the patients are currently being admitted in two facilities.
Officials of the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the Borno State Ministry of Health are all currently on ground and patients are being attended to.
This came just three weeks after about 100 others were discharged from Muna and Dala Lawanti Cholera treatment centres.
The Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Maiduguri said the Cholera outbreak was due to downpours in the last three days that caused flood at the affected IDP camps.
The Commissioner of Health in the state, Dr. Haruna Mshelia said measures had been taken to contain it from further spread.
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Cholera Outbreak: 14 Dead, 230 Admitted In Borno IDP Camp
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