Kwara
state government has denied recording any mysterious disease that has
killed many people but admitted recording a scourge of yellow fever,
diarrhoea and malaria.
Dr
Atolagbe Alege, the Commissioner for Health in Kwara, on Thursday
reacted to a report of the outbreak of Oro-Ago in Ifelodun Local
Government Area of the state.
The
strange disease was reported to be ravaging the Fulani community in the
town but the Commissioner dismissed the report, saying there was no
such disease in the state.
“The
ministry sees it as a rumour because we deployed a response team
comprising of an epidemiologist, directors of public health and the
disease surveillance response team,” he said.
He
said experts at the ministry in company with a team from the World
Health Organisation visited Oro-Ago where they met with elders and
community leaders.
Alege said the team found no such mysterious disease affecting the Fulani population in the area.
The
commissioner also said the response team had taken samples from some
sick people at Abanisi and ECWA hospitals in Oro- Ago, adding that there
was no confirmed mortality.
He, however, confirmed yellow fever, diarrhea and malaria in the community.
“The
governor has directed the general hospitals across the state to be on
standby in case of any unforeseen occurrence,” he said.
Alege
further disclosed that the result of the sample earlier taken from the
community was expected to arrive in Ilorin on Thursday was delayed.
He
said that the government would communicate the result as soon as
examination was concluded on it, adding that there was no need for
panic.
(NAN)
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