Yet be known illness has killed 11 persons, and send five others to hospital in Oyo State.
Omokoshaban learn that 5 of them send to hospital are currently in the hospital.
The strange sickness was said to have breakout in Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State.
Some resident who speak on the outbreak claim it is an outbreak of cholera as the symptoms closely related with the deadly disease.
But the state government said the claim could not be immediately substantiated as results of samples taken from the victims were still being awaited.
Commenting on the development, the Caretaker Chairman, Lagelu Local Government Area, Mr Kelani Abdullahi, said the cause of the ‘strange’ disease was being investigated.
“So far, 11 persons have lost their lives to the epidemic, with five persons hospitalised while four persons have been discharged.”Abdullahi said
Also commenting, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Bashiru Bello, said,
“The tests carried out on the affected persons are still premature and the samples collected have not confirmed the sickness to be cholera.”
On the cause of the outbreak, he said surveillance and health officers sent to the local government to take samples and assess the situation reported the poor unhygienic condition and the dirty environment in the area.
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