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Capitol in Washington. Congress returns to work this week with a relatively
short and simple agenda, vote to keep the government operating in the short
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1. CHOLERA CLAIMS ANOTHER 16 IN SOKOTO STATE• 40
OTHERS HOSPITALISED
Sixteen people have been killed in a fresh outbreak of
cholera in Sokoto State, while 40 others are on admission in hospitals across
the state, a health official has said.
Dr Bello Dahiru, who has been managing patients at the
Primary Health Centre in Kasarawa, a suburb of Sokoto, the state capital, told
an online publication, PREMIUM TIMES, that the deaths and admissions occurred
within the last three days.
The outbreak, officials said, had now lasted days,
leaving residents of the state in panic.
It is not clear what the state government is doing to
halt the epidemic, as calls made to the state Commissioner for Health, Ahmed
Aliyu, were neither answered nor returned.
It will be recalled that recently, Kano State recorded
an outbreak of the dreaded disease and many lives were lost in the wake of the
outbreak.
Health institutions across the country have been
battling with the challenges of containing the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease
(EVD), a development that many believe has shifted attention of officials from
other challenges in the sector.
2.
QATAR CONFIRMS DETENTION OF RIGHTS GROUP WORKERS
Qatar
has confirmed it is holding two Britons who went missing while researching
migrant labour issues, saying the men are being questioned for alleged illegal
activity in the Gulf nation that is due to hold the 2022 World Cup.
A
little-known organization, the Norway-based Global Network for Rights and
Development, reported that its researcher Krishna Upadhyaya, 52, and
photographer Ghimire Gundev, 36, went missing on Aug. 31 as they were preparing
to leave Qatar. It suggested that Qatari security services were behind their
disappearance and has called for their release.
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