Nigeria: Cholera Outbreak Spreads, Kills 20 in Kaduna, Plateau, Adamawa

Kaduna — The outbreak of cholera has reared its ugly head in some cities in the country. A student of Government Girls Secondary School, Kawo, Kaduna State, has died of the disease while 42 others have been hospitalised at the General Hospital, Kawo, following the outbreak of cholera in their school.

Already, health workers have been deployed to the school to manage the situation, though officials of state's Ministry of Health as well as the school principal declined commenting on the issue.

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