Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, hasalerted members of thepublic to the health hazards of the flood occasioned by last Sunday’s downpour in the state and has, therefore, called on them to take precautionary health measures.
Idris, who spoke in Lagos, on Thursday, explained that the intermediate and secondary effects of the flood included the spread of cholera, typhoid fever, malaria, common cold and other Upper Respiratory TractInfection (URTIs), skin infections like scabies, fungal infections and allergic reactions triggering asthma attacks.
The commissioner, therefore, urged members of the public to maintain strict personal and environmental hygiene at all times, ensure frequent and thorough handwashing at all times, clothe children and the elderly with warm clothings during the rains and take plenty of fruits that were thoroughly washed in order to boost their immunity.
He pointed out that members of the generalpublic should drink water from trusted andsafe sources or in the alternative they should boil their water before drinking if they were not sure of the source, prevent their children and others from wading through flood water.
According to him, other precautionary measuresthat are expected to betaken include the need for members of the public to avoid indiscrimate disposal or dumping of refuse into drainges, canals and waterways, clearing of drains in front of their houses and safe disposal of human wastes.(NIGERIAN TRIBUNE)
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