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Health minister Adewole Isaac

6 children die in measles, whooping cough outbreak in Jigawa

Health minister Adewole Isaac
Health minister Adewole Isaac
Six under-five children have died following an outbreak of measles and whooping cough in Suletankarkar Local Government Area of Jigawa State.
It was gathered that Maizare village where the six deaths occurred was the worst hit among the six villages affected by the outbreak of the two child killer diseases. Speaking to Daily Trust on phone, the Suletankarkar LGA Head of Department for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Mohammed Maisamari confirmed the outbreak of the two diseases.
He said, “Maizare is the only village amongst the villages that recorded the death of six children. So far 249 under-five children have been treated as a result of contracting measles or whopping cough in six of the affected villages. In Maizare, 139 children have been treated, in Lula 24, in Dadin Duniya 26, Mallam Kadir 10, in Suletankarkar and Fulanin Danladi 25 children have been treated in each of the villages.”
Among other measures taken against the outbreak which he said had since been brought under control was to further educate the rural dwellers on the need for routine immunizations.

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