Deadly disease enters Ondo state, kills 15 already
Inhabitants of Irele township in Ondo
state have been reportedly hit with a hysterical disease. According to news coming in, the victims wake up blind, with a terrible headache and die within a few hours. At least 15 people who contacted the disease are feared dead from this unidentified ailment. Channels TV reports that all the deaths have been recorded in Irele LGA of the state.
Dr Dayo Adeyanju, Ondo health commissioner, said that the disease, discovered on April 15, Wednesday, is strange and it’s symptoms include headache and loss of sight. He assured the residents that the local and international health institutions were already investigating the causes of the ailment and considering the effective ways of treatment.
UN, W.H.O, and others are on their way to rescue survivors. The disease which we are told could be transmitted by touch has killed about 15 people in 24 hours. Symptons are Instant blindness, chronic thirst, paralysis and then drop dead.
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