At least eight people have died in Nigeria due to a cholera outbreak.

At least eight people have become victims of the cholera outbreak in northwestern Nigeria, and more than 200 residents of 11 settlements have become infected. The situation is aggravated by limited access to medical care. This was reported by the Reuters news agency on August 28.

Medical institutions in the affected rural settlements, including Nasarava-Burkulla, Gurusa and Adabka, have been overloaded, and many patients are being treated at home.

"Currently, we have more than 21 patients hospitalized, three died due to delays in admission to Nasarawa hospital," the head of Gurusu village, Muhammad Jibchi, told the agency.

One of the residents of the affected village said that 53 people had contracted cholera in his village.

"We don't have medicines or ivs. The bandits are preventing us from reaching the city," he added.

The Nigerian state of Zamfara is considered the epicenter of armed attacks. The increase in violence in the region in recent months has made travel and farming dangerous.

Cholera, which is transmitted through water, is not uncommon in Nigeria, according to Reuters. Health officials have noted widespread shortages of clean water in rural areas and urban slums.

At the end of May, Al Arabiya reported that 70 people died of cholera in the city of Khartoum in Sudan in two days. According to the country's Ministry of Health, 172 people died from the disease in the week before May 27, 90% of whom were in Khartoum State.

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