Two die of Cholera in Ebonyi

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Aminu Sani Jaji

Two persons have reportedly died in a cholera outbreak in Ofenekpa Inyimagu in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

There has been a cholera outbreak in some communities in Ikwo in the last month with over 17 persons killed.

The member representing Ikwo/Ezza South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Chief Chinedu Ogah, had intervened in the outbreak by providing some medical assistance to the affected community.

But yesterday two persons died in the outbreak of the virus in the Ofenekpa community.

Ogah, the Deputy Chairman House Committee on Poverty Alleviation, has mobilized a Medical team, led by Dr Chukwu Okwudiri of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, and Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT AMURT), to intervene in the outbreak which has killed not less than two indigenes of the community.

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