Nigeria, July 18 -- As Nigeria's flood season intensifies, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a nationwide health alert over the rising threat of waterborne and vector-borne diseases.

The agency has warned of a surge in cholera, yellow fever and dengue fever cases, especially in states already experiencing floods and heavy rainfall.

The agency made this known in a statement titled, "Protecting public health during flood season: NCDC issues nationwide alert on cholera, yellow fever, and dengue fever," and signed by the Director General of NCDC, Jide Idris.

The alert follows a recent impact-based weather forecast from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), which identified Sokoto, Kaduna, Zamfara...