YELLOW FEVER: 29 confirmed dead in Bauchi

The death toll from the outbreak of yellow fever in Bauchi State has been placed at 29.

Chairman of the state Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Rilwanu Mohammed, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing newsmen on the outbreak of the disease in the state.

“We discovered 224 suspected cases, and 29 were confirmed dead, with 24 in Alkaleri local government, two in Bauchi local government, one in Darazo council area and two in Ningi local government,” he said.

Mohammed explained that the virus was first detected in Alkaleri council area in September, adding that efforts had since been on to avoid further spread.

He said government was doing everything possible to ensure that the disease did not spread to the state capital.

“That is why government has made efforts through vaccination of people living in the prone areas.

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“Already, 500,000 doses of vaccines had been administered in Alkaleri and we are expecting 600,000 doses of vaccines to be administered in Ningi community,” he said.

According to the BSPHDA chairman, yellow fever is not a communicable disease. It can only be transmitted through mosquitoes.

Mohammed urged communities to give early information to the authorities, especially when they noticed unusual happenings around them.

He further urged the residents of the state not to reject vaccines, saying that it was the only way they could be free from the dreaded disease.

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