“People with immunosuppression fall in that category. People who have (a) dual infection with chickenpox or monkeypox at the same time fall in that category.
About $816 million is needed for rescue and relief in Pakistan, more than 2,000 people have died from floods and subsequent infections since mid-June.
428,098 children under five suffer from diarrhoea, while another 51,191 are being treated for dysentery in the worst-hit province of Sindh.
The Adamawa ministry of health has confirmed 11 cases of cholera in Guyuk and Shelleng local government areas.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the Horn of Africa is experiencing one of the worst hunger crises of the last 70 years.
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There has been a decline in cases of the outbreak as against in 2021 when the state recorded 12,116 cases with 329 deaths.
With 750 cases, Lagos, the epicentre of the virus, accounted for more than 90 per cent of the new infections.
Katsina has about 15 suspected cases, whose samples have been taken to Abuja, and are awaiting the results.
“Eleven LGAs across five states of Bauchi (four), Zamfara (four), Kano (one), Katsina (one) and Borno (one) reported more than 1,000 cases each…”
WaterAid Nigeria has expressed concern over the outbreak of cholera in some states, killing 3,000 people.
