NCDC warns of cholera risk, other outbreaks as NiMET predicts flooding

Following the expected flooding successful parts of the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a nationalist wellness advisory connected a heightened hazard of cholera and different illness outbreaks.

Several states, according to the Federal Ministry of Environment and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), whitethorn acquisition dense rainfall and flooding betwixt April 13 and 17, 2026.

States listed arsenic high-risk see Adamawa, Enugu, Kaduna, Kogi, Niger, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Taraba and Kwara.

NCDC warned that flooding could trigger outbreaks of cholera and different diarrhoeal diseases, arsenic good arsenic summation cases of malaria, infections from contaminated water, injuries and disruptions to healthcare services.

The bureau appealed to residents successful affected areas to instrumentality preventive measures, including drinking lone harmless water, either boiled oregon chlorinated, maintaining due manus hygiene and avoiding interaction with floodwaters.

It besides advised due nutrient storage, improved sanitation practices and the usage of insecticide-treated mosquito nets to trim the hazard of malaria.

The bureau stated, “Individuals experiencing symptoms specified arsenic diarrhoea, vomiting oregon fever should question contiguous aesculapian attention.”

The NCDC besides called connected assemblage leaders to intensify nationalist awa...