Between January and August 2025, Africa recorded 220,242 cholera cases and 4,620 deaths, a 2.1 per cent case fatality rate.
The army said most of those detained were released following on-site questioning.
Trachoma has been known in Senegal since the early 1900s.
The health ministry said the 15 students who required admission at General Hospital Kawo have fully recovered and have since been discharged.
The Zamfara government has begun its 2025 mass distribution of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention drugs, aiming to protect 1.2 million eligible children across the state.
The new drive, known as the ‘3 by 35’ Initiative, urged governments to boost the real prices of these products by at least 50 per cent by 2035.
The World Health Organisation on Monday says that no fewer than 871,000 people die worldwide annually from loneliness.
Mr Oshiomhole described the outbreak as “a serious cause for concern.”
The symptoms of NB.1.8.1 are similar to previous COVID-19 variants and may include sore throat, cough, fever, and fatigue.
The WHO official said no fewer than 146,000 people die from tobacco-related causes in the African Region each year.
