In Borno, 4-month cholera outbreak is over. | WHO | Regional Office for Africa – WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Maiduguri, 12 January, 2023 - Residents of Borno State can finally heave a sigh of relief as the state government recently declared the cholera outbreak over. The state recorded 12,496 confirmed cases with 394 deaths (confirmed 288, suspected 106) from (17 September 2022 to 23 December 2022) in 17 out of 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs). The State Director of Public Health, Dr Goni Abba, says the announcement follows the successive decline in cases below the emergency threshold, and an epidemiological review carried out in collaboration with the World Health Organization...