The deputy governor expressed the government’s zealousness to prosecute the monthly programme to safeguard the populace’s health and avert untimely death.
According to the WHO, more than one billion people globally are at risk of cholera.
Mr Mohammed explained that the suspects produced and sold the products to unsuspecting schoolchildren in Suleja.
A total of 583 deaths were recorded, while 23,550 people were suspected to have been infected between January and November 2022.
The cholera outbreak started on Thursday and has so far affected 10 villages that make up the Ekureku community.
Ekeureku is an agrarian community that could not provide potable water and lacked good health facilities.
UNICEF says overwhelming flooding has affected no fewer than 27.7 million children across 27 countries worldwide.
Lebanese caretaker Health Minister Firass Abiad warned that cholera could become “endemic” in Lebanon if the country fails to curb the spread of its infection, local media reported.
Ms Laori stated that the ministry had since embarked on aggressive house-to-house sensitisation against the disease.
