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NMA warns of possible outbreak of epidemic in Ondo community
The Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Ondo State chapter, Dr. Wale Oke, on Wednesday, said there may be an outbreak of an epidemic in Ijare community, due to the mass death of cows by lightning recently.
According to Oke, there may be a serious epidemic in the community if there were no adequate steps to protect the residents’ health and check environmental consequences.
The medical practitioner, however, advised the community to immediately seek the attention of the veterinary department in the state, to be guided on measures to take to prevent any outbreak of an epidemic due to the incident.
“The community head should inform the appropriate agency in the state, which would decide on how the dead cows would be evacuated and buried appropriately.
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“They should also disinfect the place and the town to prevent epidemic outbreak in the community as a result of decomposed bodies of the cows”, the NMA chairman said.
Ripples Nigeria had reported that last Saturday, lightning killed 36 cows at the sacred Oke-Owa hill in Ijare, Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State.
It was gathered that the herders abandoned their livestock and fled.
Meanwhile, the traditional ruler of the town, the Sapetu of Ijare, Wemimo Olaniran, had said it was a taboo to eat animals killed by lightning.
He pointed out that spiritual rites would be performed to prevent spiritual consequences of the incident on the natives and residents of the town.
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