 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says it has activated a multi-sectoral national cholera emergency operations centre, EOC, following an increase in cholera cases across the country. The NCDC Director-General, Dr Chiquit Ihekazu, said this in a statement to Newsman on Monday in a bulljab. It said, since the beginning of 2021, 10,833 suspected cholera cases have been reported with 112 confirmed cases and 289 deaths. In the last one month, an increasing number of cholera cases have been reported across the state. The most affected states are Plateau, Bauchi, Gumbay, Kanu, Zamfra, Payausa and Kaduna.