Cholera Outbreak Hits GGSS Kaduna, 2 Died, 50 Others Affected<\/p>\n
By Zainab Tanimu<\/p>\n
Kaduna, North-West, NIGERIA<\/p>\n
No fewer than two students of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Kawo, Kaduna, North West Nigeria have reported to have died while 50 other students were said to have been affected by cholera outbreak.<\/p>\n
Although, our reporter reports that there was a prompt response from the Kaduna State Ministry of Health, as Director Public Health of the Ministry Dr. Ado Zakari, was sighted at the school and other officials from the Ministry. Yakubu Ibrahim who could not disclose the name of his affected daughter confirmed to our reporter that as he speaks attentions were given to affected students.<\/p>\n According to him, “Students were educated on the preventive measures as many were conveyed to Kawo General Hospital to ascertain their health status. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cholera Outbreak Hits GGSS Kaduna, 2 Died, 50 Others Affected By Zainab Tanimu Kaduna, North-West, NIGERIA No fewer than two students of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Kawo, Kaduna, North West Nigeria have reported to have died while 50 other students were said to have been affected by cholera outbreak. Although, our reporter reports that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nA parent, Mr. Yakub Ibrahim who spoke to Newsreservoir \u00a0on phone at about 3:57 PM<\/span> on Monday<\/span> says: my orphan daughter is among the students affected and since been taken to the Hospital.<\/p>\n
\n“The Officials of Nigerian Red Cross and other officials were also sighted at the school premises, supporting the evacuation of affected students to the hospital and also fumigating the school environment for safety.
\nSpeaking in empathy, he urged the Kaduna State Government to take urgent steps at halting the situation, so as not to go out of hands.
\nMore details later.<\/p>\n