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HM Community News Reports Niger: Contaminated Water Kills Two, 10 Hospitalised, Articles | THISDAY LIVE
Submitted by: smekaru

17 May -
Waterborne Illness, Gurara, Niger, Nigeria, Humans (suspected cases: 10, suspected deaths: 2)

Niger State Commissioner for health, Alhaji Adamu Abdullahi , said Monday that two people have died and 10 hospitalised as a result of gastro-intestinal related disorder in Dikko area of Gurara local government area of the state. He however added that cholera was not the cause of the deaths. Abdullahi who disclosed this to journalists in Minna said the death of the two persons and the hospitalisation of 10 was the result of contamination from the drinking water in the area.

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