NO fewer than 12 people have died from an unknown epidemic which recently hit Ode Irele, a serene community in Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dayo Adeyanju, who made this known to journalists in Akure on Wednesday, did not say when and how the disease was first noticed in the community.
He however added that four persons with fresh symptoms of the disease had been isolated at the General Hospital, Ode Irele.
According to Adeyanju, preliminary reports showed that prior to the deaths, all the victims, complained of headaches and later lost their
sight before dying.
The commissioner explained that the symptoms of the epidemic were different from those of Ebola Virus Disease, which are diarrhoea,
vomiting and haemorrhage. While giving the assurance that everything
possible would be done to ensure that the disease did not spread, Adeyanju said the state government had already sought the aid of the
World Health Organisation and other partners.
He added that the Disease Surveillance Team and volunteers that were engaged in the state
during the EVD outbreak had been activated. Adeyanju also disclosed that the Personnel Protective Equipment purchased by the
government to curtail Ebola was being used in the handling of the disease.
According to him, samples taken from the victims had been sent to Lagos State for proper investigation.
Source: Punch
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