Local government officials say cholera outbreaks across Katsina, Zamfara, Bauchi and Kano states in northern Nigeria have killed 97 people in the past two weeks, making it the worst outbreak in the north for several years, according to an official from National Primary Healthcare Agency (NPHA) in Abuja.
More than 60 people have died in Zamfara state in the past two weeks, according to Tukur Sani Jangebe, Zamfara's state commissioner for religious affairs.
