According to reports, around 26 people have died of a suspicious case of cephalorraquid meningitis, while 248 were recorded in four areas of the local government of the state of Kebbi.
Informative journalists in Birnin Kebbi, the State's Health Commissioner, Alhaji Yunusa Ismail, declared that, after the outbreak in some areas of the local government, eleven samples were taken and sent to the national reference laboratory abuses for confirmation and as a result, two samples become negative while Nine are pending.
The areas of the local government where death occurred include Aleiro with 6 deaths, 15 in Gwandu and Arguuungu with 1 death.
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According to the commissioner, the State Government has taken proactive measures by distributing medicines and other products to the affected LGA, establishing isolation centers and, in addition, the training collection training for doctors in the areas of the local government was sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO).
He called the state people to immediately inform the nearest health center when he is sick, avoid sleeping in overcrowded rooms, maintain adequate personal hygiene and guarantee the cleaning of their surroundings.
The commissioner said that the state government has also provided thirty million Naira to acquire drugs and other consumables for response activity to cushion the effect.
Ismail said that immediately, a positive confirmation of NRL Abuja's disease reached the ministry, they will request the national vaccines to ensure that the citizens of the state are vaccinated.