A woman has died of a suspected cholera infection a week after she returned to Nigeria from Canada.
An X user, @Wuranicole, who claimed to be her niece, said the deceased was ”purging and vomiting” at the same time and complained of being weak before she died.
“My aunt got back from Canada last week; she wasn’t sick or anything.
“Monday morning, she started purging and vomiting but was able to drag herself to the hospital.
“She kept saying she was weak until she passed away.
“Only for us to hear about the cholera outbreak days later,” she wrote. deceased.
The Lagos State Government has explained that the strain of cholera in the state is highly aggressive and contagious.
Recall that Lagos has recorded 17 confirmed cases of cholera and 15 fatalities so far.
It also said laboratory investigation has confirmed the strain to be cholera sub-type O-1, adding that the subtype is associated with more severe diseases.
The Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, in a post on X, said the identified strain is “highly aggressive and contagious, with potential for widespread dissemination.”
