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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Kano government, on Tuesday, confirmed three persons dead and 284 others infected in the outbreak of a strange disease.<\/p>\n

Commissioner for Health, Aminu Ibrahim-Tsanyawa, spoke to reporters at a press conference.<\/p>\n

The medical doctor said the infected persons had been admitted to 25 health facilities.<\/p>\n

Ibrahim-Tsanyawa noted that the disease, first recorded on March 10, was suspected to be caused by consumption of contaminated flavour and a brand of expired instant drink products.<\/p>\n

He said affected persons were identified in 13 local government areas; 101 of them had been discharged, with 183 currently on admission.<\/p>\n

The affected LGAs are Dala Gwale, Kano Municipal, Fage, Ungogo, Kumbotso, Tarauni, Bunkure, Rano, Dawakinjudu, Dawakin Tofa, Gwarzo and Danbatta.<\/p>\n

Ibrahim-Tsanyawa disclosed that the index case, a six-year-old girl developed abdominal pain, vomiting, jaundice and urinating blood (hematuria) after drinking water bought from a vendor.<\/p>\n

The vendor, according to him, sourced the water from a borehole at a cemetery in the metropolis.<\/p>\n

The assumption involves instant drink flavour powder and a variety of salt for industrial use (caustic powder).<\/p>\n

\u201cWater, blood and different instant drink flavour powder samples have been taken for tests to pin down a diagnosis, ranging from food-borne disease, food poisoning, Lassa Fever, Yellow Fever, Dengue Fever, Chemical poisoning to Toxix Hepatitis,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ibrahim-Tsanyawa noted that the ministry was still awaiting the results of samples analyses to establish the cause(s) of the infection and identify the disease.<\/p>\n

The health ministry is working with the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the State Consumer Protection Council (KSCPC).<\/p>\n

The state has deployed personnel and scaled up surveillance in the 44 LGAs to check the circulation of the suspected products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Kano government, on Tuesday, confirmed three persons dead and 284 others infected in the outbreak of a strange disease. Commissioner for Health, Aminu Ibrahim-Tsanyawa, spoke to reporters at a press conference. The medical doctor said the infected persons had been admitted to 25 health facilities. 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