No fewer than ten persons have been confirmed dead following a cholera outbreak in Ndibokote village, Ezza Inyimagu, in the Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
Findings revealed that the outbreak, which emerged in the area on Monday, also led to the death of a nursing mother who left behind a nine -month-old baby.
Speaking during the Rapid Response at Iziogo Health Centre on Wednesday, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Moses Ekuma, confirmed the incident and disclosed that no fewer than ten deaths had been recorded, while about twenty affected persons were responding to treatment.