Federal Capital Territory (FCT) ta fara aiki da Cibiyar Ayyukan Gaggawa da Cholera, a matsayin wani ɓangare na ayyukan sa ido da shirye-shirye da aka yi don yin mu’amala da cutar cholera.
Wannan shiri ya zo ne a lokacin da yawan cutar cholera ke karuwa a fadin ƙasar, inda Hukumar Kula da Cututtuka da Cutarwa ta Kasa (NCDC) ta ruwaito cewa akwai kaso 14,237 na cutar cholera a cikin jahohi 35 da FCT, wanda ya rufe kananan hukumomi 339.
Daraktan Janar na NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, ya bayyana cewa cutar cholera ta yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane 378, tare da kashi 2.7% na mace-macen cutar.
Cibiyar Ayyukan Gaggawa da Cholera ta FCT an kirkire ta don inganta ayyukan sa ido, magance cutar, da kuma samar da agajin gaggawa ga waɗanda suka kamu da cutar.
Dr Idris ya ce cutar cholera ta zama babbar barazana ga lafiyar jama’a, musamman a yankunan da ba su da isasshen ruwa, tsafta da tsabtace muhalli.
NCDC tana aiki tare da masu ruwa da tsaki da sauran jami’an lafiya don rage yawan cutar.