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Police in Nigeria ordered strict anti-cholera measures across the northeastern state of Borno on Saturday to combat a deadly outbreak that has killed dozens of people.
The Borno State Police Command announced late Friday evening that the state police commissioner directed the full enforcement of a monthly environmental sanitation exercise.
To ensure compliance, authorities deployed police personnel and relevant stakeholders to strategic locations throughout the state.
Officials urged residents to participate actively by cleaning their homes, business premises, drainage channels, and surrounding areas.
Local health authorities reported in an update on Tuesday that the waterborne disease has killed 39 people and infected at least 4,204 others across Borno in recent weeks.
The outbreak remains heavily concentrated in the Borno capital of Maiduguri and the neighbouring Jere district.
In response to the crisis, the state government has set up dedicated treatment centres to care for patients.
Bacteria-tainted water and food spread cholera, which causes severe diarrhoea and dehydration.
While modern sewage treatment has virtually eliminated the disease in wealthier nations, factors like war, conflict, and poverty heavily increase the risk of outbreaks.
These harsh conditions remain familiar to Borno State, which acts as the epicentre of a long-running terrorist insurgency.
