Borno state government has raised the alarm over the outbreak of diarrhea, reporting 1,068 cases.
The Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) hit 10 local government areas of the state.
The Commissioner for Health,Dr. Haruna Mshelia, said in Maiduguri
that the ministry and other partners were already responding to the incident.
He said that 25 patients were hospitalized at the Benisheikh Hospital, Dala and El-Miskin treatment centres.
The commissioner said no cases of death had been recorded so far.
“No one has died yet from AWD. Out of the 100 cases of diarrhea reported early this year, we had one or two cases of cholera at Baga Doro, Borno state,” he said.
Mshelia attributed the outbreak to poor hygienic practice and abuse of the environment.
