The Lagos State government announced on Sunday, June 30, that 25 cases of severe Gastroenteritis at Kirikiri Medium Security Prison were confirmed to be due to cholera.
The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, provided an update on the Cholera outbreak in the state and stated that prompt medical and environmental interventions had been successfully carried out.
“We were able to supply Kirikiri medium prison with intravenous fluids, infection prevention and other health consumables.
“Additionally, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has donated 10,000 doses of pharmaceuticals which have been delivered to the prison to support prison health facilities with prevention strategies for about 3,200 inmates if required.
“Immediate water and sanitation issues have been corrected and there is ongoing inspections of other correctional facilities in the state,” the commissioner said.
Two weeks ago, Abayomi revealed that the initial outbreak originated from unregulated street beverages and contaminated water supply.
Samples from popular street beverages purchased by undercover officers confirmed the presence of vibrio cholera bacteria, the causative agent of cholera, in the affected areas.
“All of containers had no NAFDAC accreditation numbers, indicating they are small cottage backyard informal production units. Identifying the precise location of manufacture has proven difficult and the directorate of environmental health is planning to seal any such unregulated manufacture and make arrests of anybody involved with manufacture or distribution of beverages without NAFDAC numbers,” Abayomi said.
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