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Cholera Outbreak: Sokoto Shuts School As ’70 Students’ Get Infected

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Cholera, Cholera Outbreak
  • 20 students are currently at the isolation centre
  • State government debunks claims that the school operated under unhygienic conditions

The Sokoto state government on Friday said it had shut down Government Girls College, Mabera, following a cholera epidemic.

Kulu Haruna, the state commissioner for science and technology, disclosed this on Friday.

He said said the move became imperative in order to check the spread of the disease and address the situation.

Thirty students were said to have been infected with a strange disease, which has now been confirmed to be cholera.

Haruna, however, said the number of students infected has increased to 70.

She added that only 20 students are currently at the isolation centre, as the others have been treated and discharged.

She said the 20 isolated students will remain in the school until they are stabilised.

The commissioner, however, refuted claims that the school operated under unhygienic conditions, and added that more health workers have been deployed to address the situation.

She also explained that no teacher has been infected.

There are unverified claims that two students died of the disease.

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