CHAIRMAN
Residents in Kirfi
local government have been urged to embark on a thorough environmental
sanitation to avert the possible outbreak of Cholera in the area.
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| Alh. Garba Sabo Bara |
The Chairman care-taker
committee Kirfi local government, Alh. Garba Sabo Bara made the call at the
debriefing of the just concluded polio immunization exercise in the area held
at the cold chain office in Kirfi.
Alh. Garba Sabo said,
residents in the area should conduct a massive environmental sanitation of
their environments as well as keep their toilets and bath rooms clean to avert
the outbreak of diseases in the area.
He said, cholera is a
life threatening diseases that are primarily transmitted by drinking water or
eating food that has been contaminated by the feces of an infected person.
He said, Cholera may be
a life threatening, prevention of the diseases is normally straightforward if
proper sanitation practice are followed.
Alh. Garba Sabo said,
effective sanitation practice, if instituted and adhered to in time, are
usually sufficient to stop the epidemic.
He appealed to
residents in the area to keep their environments hygienic to avert the outbreak
of the disease in the area.
He urged environmental
sanitation officers in the area to embark on house to house sanitation exercise
to ensure that residents in area keep their environment tidy.
Meanwhile, in a similar
development, the chairman care-taker committee Kirfi local government, Alh.
Garba Sabo Bara expresses satisfaction with the success recorded so far in the
just concluded polio immunization exercise in the area.
Alh. Garba Sabo said,
although there was inadequate vaccine, but the exercise recorded success.
He commended the effort
of the health focal persons for working tirelessly toward ensuring the success of
the exercise in the area.
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