The Gombe State Government has declared a cholera outbreak in Kedo village, Todi Ward, Billiri Local Government Area, after two people reportedly died following an incident of diarrhoea and vomiting on October 4, 2026.
The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Adamu-Danladi Bojude, disclosed this during a media briefing in Gombe on Wednesday, October 21, stating that 74 patients had received treatment and been discharged, with no active admissions recorded at the time of the announcement.
According to the commissioner, the government promptly deployed a Rapid Response Team to work with the local government health authorities to investigate the outbreak and provide free treatment to affected residents at the Primary Health Centre in Sheila.
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