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Cholera in Katsina state claims lives

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    At least 28 people have died in a cholera outbreak in the northern state of Katsina, Austin Oghide, information officer for the World Health Organisation in Lagos (WHO) told IRIN on Monday.

    "According to a report from our regional office two weeks ago," Oghide said, "there have been 302 cases and some 28 deaths reported from the cholera outbreak in Katsina State." He said that some measures were now in place to control the situation including social mobilisation and deliveries of intravenous fluids.

    An official from the Federal Ministry of Health told IRIN last week that cholera was endemic in Nigeria and that the country has had many epidemics. Other outbreaks have been reported in recent weeks in the eastern state of Enugu and Kano State in the north.

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