The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a warning about the increasing number of yellow fever cases in the country, coinciding with the ongoing cholera outbreak that has affected nearly all states.
Its Director-General, Dr Jide Idris, who issued the warning at a press conference yesterday, said that since June, the NCDC has been actively managing a cholera outbreak that has spread across 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory, impacting 187 Local Government Areas.
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According to him, as of July 15, Nigeria has recorded 3,623 suspected cholera cases and 103 deaths, with a case fatality rate of 2.8 per cent, but there was a slight decline in reported cases and fatalities in in the past week, attributing the improvement to ongoing national and state-level efforts, while he cautioned that the peak of the rainy season, which typically exacerbates cholera outbreaks, was still ahead.
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