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VIDEO: Lagos Water Corporation Supplies ‘Safe, Clean’ Water To Lagos Island Amid Cholera Outbreak
Lagos Water Corporation has supplied safe, clean water to Lagos Island amid the cholera outbreak.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos Water Corporation has supplied potable water to Lagos Island.
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Lagos Island is one of the most affected areas by the outbreak of cholera in Lagos.
Cholera has killed more than 21 Lagos residents and infected over 300 in the last week.
Consumption of unclean water has been identified as one of the factors driving the outbreak.
In a statement on Saturday, the Lagos Water Corporation said it supplied safe and clean water to Oju Olokun community, Adeniji Adele, Lagos Island.
A video shared with Eko Hot Blog shows residents fetching safe and clean water supplied by the water corporation.
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“This immediate intervention by the corporation is aimed to minimise further spread of the deadly disease in the area by distributing safe and clean water to the area of the state,” LWC said.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, in one of his statements, stated that Lagos Island has the highest number of suspected cholera cases in the state.
FURTHER READING
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
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