A strange disease, whose symptoms include diarrhoea, bloodstained vomiting and high fever has killed 50 people at Okunran, Okoloke and Isanlu-Esa villages in Yagba West Local Government of Kogi. Initial reports had suspected Lassa Fever, but medics told Saka Audu, Commissioner for Health, who visited the affected areas on Thursday, that it was a strange disease that was unknown. “We initially suspected Lassa Fever after getting some misleading reports about people bleeding around, so we made a diagnosis for viral haemorrhagic fever (lassa fever), but the result was negative,” Jannette Hathorn, a Consultant at ECWA Hospital, Egbe told Mr. Audu. She said that the first case was that of a child of two and half years, who died 12 hours after he was brought to the hospital. “We are sure it is not Lassa fever; but our concern is that we do not know exactly what is happening. We have not arrived at a definitive diagnosis. “Two adult patients were also brought here; one show...
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