The Lagos State Government has said it is receiving additional support from the World Health Organisation – WHO, as it now battles an outbreak of Cholera at the Kirikiri prison.

A statement released by the Director, Public Affairs, TUNBOSUN OGUNBANWO, quoted the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor AKIN ABAYOMI, as saying an outbreak of 25 cases of severe gastroenteritis caused by Cholera occurred at Kirikiri Medium Security Prison, adding that urgent medical and environmental intervention measures have been implemented with success.

Professor ABAYOMI while providing further updates on the cholera outbreak following the One Health Inter-governmental agency strategic meeting, revealed that although no new cholera-related deaths have been reported in the last 72 hours, the government was intensifying countermeasures to completely eliminate transmission.