The Federal Governement has said the public health department has activated the cholera emergency operations centre as part of its surveillance and preparedness measures to handle the cholera outbreak in the federal capital territory, FCT.
the permanent secretary of the FCT health services and environment secretariat, Baba Adam, who revealed this while activating the Centre, emphasized that the activation was necessary in light of the number of reported Cholera cases across the country.
recall that FCT had recently recorded about 32 suspected cases, with three laboratory-confirmed cases and eight confirmed cases through rapid diagnostic tests.
speaking further, Adam also affirmed that the secretariat would spare no resources to prevent a cholera outbreak, directing all relevant stakeholders to be involved in developing effective, reliable strategies to prevent the disease.
