The
Executive Secretary of Katsina State Primary Health Development Agency, Dr
Shamsuddeen Yahaya on Tuesday confirmed that 18 deaths had been recorded from
an outbreak of a disease suspected to be yellow fever in the Matazu Local
Government Area of the state.
He stated that laboratory
tests carried out in Abuja and in Lagos on the disease had not indicated
clearly that it was yellow fever.
Yahaya
said, “As of today, Tuesday, October 29, 2019, the number of deaths recorded
from the outbreak of the disease in the council (Matazu) was 18. Total cases
recorded were 45, out of which 18 deaths occurred.
“We had the first reported
case of the disease in the Matazu LGA on the 29th September, 2019. It was
reported by our diseases surveillance officer. Since then, we have been
monitoring situations in the council. We collected samples and sent them to
Lagos University Teaching Hospital and the National Reference Laboratory, Abuja
for tests. Out of the eleven samples we sent, the results of five we have so
far received was negative. The results of the remaining six are being awaited.
“ The disease was reported in
Matazu,’A’ Ward; Kogarin Ward; Shayaya and Kharadua wards. Our Rapid Response
team is on the ground in the council, monitoring developments and carrying out
routine vaccinations. I get daily report of the situation from the council.”
He added, “Don’t forget that
following the outbreak of yellow fever in August in another local government,
Dan-Musa Local Government Area, we vaccinated 16,000 people in the
council.
“Thereafter,
we carried out massive vaccination in the thirty-three local government areas of
the state with the exception of Danja Local Government Area, which we did in
2018.
“We vaccinated about 6,720,029
in the 33 local government areas during the recent massive yellow fever
vaccination from September 28 to October 7, 2019. Even after the exercise, we
have been carrying out routine immunisation.”
He said the government was
committed to ensuring the good health of the people.
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