According to him, the grave consequences of not testing also underscored the severity of misdiagnosis.
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“When women are healthy, communities thrive, families prosper, and our nation blooms,” she said.
He warned that residents found engaging in open defecation would be made to face the law.
The LG chairman said the sensitisation would take place every week.
The health commissioner said the geographical distribution of suspected cholera cases by LGAs revealed Lagos Island was the epicentre, with 106 cases.
The commissioner noted that training in these areas was a continuous process.
The state had on March 10 and March 12 discharged 53 patients involved in the accident from three state hospitals.
The commissioner said that the accident recorded 102 casualties including six fatalities.
The commissioner said that the total bed capacity at the 11 isolation centres are 572, and the available bed space was 570.
