The Edo State Government reported eight suspected cases of cholera in the state.
Dr. Ojeifo Stephenson, Director of Public Health at the Ministry of Health, revealed this to reporters at a press briefing in Benin City on Wednesday.
Stephenson said the eight probable cases were among the 16 patients brought to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, or UBTH.
He said:
“Last Thursday, we received an alert that there were some patients with suspected cases of cholera on admission at the hospital.
“In collaboration with the WHO team, we quickly mobilised our men to the hospital to investigate and see the condition of the patients and know what exactly to do as quickly as possible.
“Sixteen patients were admitted at the UBTH. We ran an RDT (Rapid Diagnostic Test) for all of them; while eight were not reactive, the other eight were positive.
“The next line is for us to collect samples from those eight that were reactive to the rapid diagnosis test. The samples have been sent to the National Reference Laboratory in Abuja for a confirmatory test.
“Until that result comes out and says it is positive, we won’t say that we have any positive cholera cases in Edo State.
“The good news is that from Thursday till now, all the patients have been discharged in UBTH except one still in the ward.”
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