 At the Marseille government has declared an end to the recent cholera outbreak in some council areas of the state, which claimed the lives of 55 persons while declaring the cholera epidemic over at a press conference in Yola, the State Commissioner for Health, Professor Issa Bala. He said since the beginning of the first confirmed case of cholera outbreak in the state in July last year, a total of 1,959 suspected cases with 55 deaths have been recorded. The Commissioner however cautioned that the declaration of the end of cholera does not suggest the attempt to relax, express gratitude to the WHO, United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF and other partners that collaborated with the state government in managing cholera from when it broke out in July last year till now, to keep infections and fatalities as slow as it could be helped. He also said the state recently recorded its first ever confirmed case of a monkeypox early this year. Since we have not recorded any case despite heighten surveillance for cholera for several weeks, the government and partners are happy to declare the cholera outbreak over. Since the beginning of the outbreak, a total of 1,959 suspected cases with 55 deaths were recorded and this gives a case fatality rate of 2.8 percent. However, this does not suggest a time to relax but a window of opportunity to heighten our preparedness against cholera and other vaccine preventable diseases. It is worthy of note to also bring to your notice that Adam Mastier recently recorded his first ever confirmed case of monkeypox early this year 2022. After a few weeks, an outbreak of same disease occurred in the Yola North Correctional Center with 37 inmates affected. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.