No fewer than 30
children have so far died in Imo State as a result of fresh outbreak of
diarrhea which is said to be relatively common in the 637 autonomous
communities in the state due to absence of potable water.
The development it
was gathered compel the residents to resort to the use of water from
streams and uncertified boreholes for consumption.
Speaking when she
received a delegation from the Nigeria Agip Oil Company Limited, the
commissioner for Health, Ngozi Njoku, said that the death toll from the
outbreak of the deadly disease had risen to 30 in the last few weeks,
while several others affected by the scourge were receiving treatment in
various hospitals in the state.
She said that four children died last month as a result of the infection in Nekede, in the Owerri West council area.
The commissioner,
however, said that 65 suspected cases had been reported in the Ikeduru
LGA, while areas like Orlu, Owerri West, Ohaji/Egbema, Owerri North as
well as Ngor -Okpala had similarly recorded cases of the dreaded disease
in their areas.
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