The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, on Thursday, issued a public health alert warning of rising cases of cholera, yellow fever, and dengue fever as a result of the ongoing flood season across parts of the country.
The alert titled, “Protecting public health during flood season: NCDC issues nationwide alert on cholera, yellow fever, and dengue fever,” was signed by the Director General of NCDC, Dr. Jide Idris.
Recently, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency issued a flood alert for the month of July, warning that states including Sokoto, Lagos, Edo, Benue, and 16 others are at risk of experiencing flash floods.
NiMet said, “Sokoto State has a high risk of experiencing flash floods. Other states with notable risk of flash flooding are Kaduna, Zamfara, Yobe, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Jigawa, Adamawa, Taraba, Niger, Nasarawa, Benue, Ogun, Ondo, Lagos, Delta, Edo, Cross River, Rivers and Akwa Ibom.”
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