Delta Explains Stooling, Vomiting Incident, Says No Confirmed Cholera Outbreak In State

BEVERLY HILLS, July 31, (THEWILL) – Delta State Government has said there is no confirmed case of cholera in the state saying that though there were cases of people stooling and vomiting in communities in Aladja, Udu Local Government Area of the State.

Speaking to Journalist Friday in Asaba, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Sunday Otobo who led a team of ministry’s officials explained that various samples have been taken to Lagos for testing and so far none has been confirmed to be cholera.

“There is no confirmed outbreak of cholera in Delta State as l speak to you, in some communities to be specific in Aladja there were incidents of vomiting and stooling that were reported and as a Ministry we have done a lot of work, samples have been collected and sent to Lagos for testing but no case of cholera have been confirmed in that community,” he said.

The Permanent Secretary also stated that Governor Okowa has directed Health officers in the twenty five local government areas of the state to be proactive in detecting and tackling any outbreak of diseases in all communities.

Dr. Otobo disclosed that the state governor has instructed that the water plant in the community be resuscitated and put in use to provide potable drinking water for the community.

Explaining further, he opined that the state government has taken measures to ensure that the people of the area are sensitized on the need to keep their environment clean and have a healthy living.

” The Ministry of Environment is also going to mobilize to Aladja to make sure that environmental policies that will not endanger the health of the people are put in place, so that everybody in the community maintains a clean environment and also find a way of proper disposal of faeces.”

The Permanent Secretary said that the Ministry of Health has a monitoring team on ground in the community to sensitize the people, monitor the situation on ground and report back to the Ministry and that the health centers in the community have been equipped with drugs to treat the patients.

” Health is a collective responsibility and the government cannot provide everything. Even if the government provide you with clean water, it is your duty to store water in clean containers and importantly you have to keep your environment clean”, he added.