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WHO Report On The Strange Ondo Disease Outbreak. by Nobody: 4:06pm On Apr 20, 2015 |
WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said the “current hypothesis is cause of the event is herbicides”. “Tests done so far are negative for viral and bacterial infection,” he added. The victims began showing symptoms early last week in what Ondo state spokesman Kayode Akinmade called a “mysterious disease”, prompting fears of a new infectious disease outbreak in a region ravaged by Ebola. The victims, whose symptoms included headache, weight loss, blurred vision and loss of consciousness, died within a d ay of falling ill in the town of Ode-Irele, in southwestern Ondo state. The Ondo state health commissioner, Dayo Adeyanju, told AFP news agency on Saturday that 23 people had been affected. Akinmade said health officials and experts from the government and aid agencies, as well as WHO epidemiologists, had arrived in Ode-Irele to investigate the deaths. The tests were carried out at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, the WHO said. Meanwhile the Oyewoga of Ode-Irele, High Chief Moses Enimade, denied the rumour that the deaths of people were caused by a strange ailment or Ebola rather that it was the sacrilege done to Molokun, god of the land by the youths. |
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