About 10 children between the ages of three and 13 have died from a yet-to-be identified suspected respiratory tract-infection disease in Kafanchan, Jema’a local government area of Kaduna State.
The chief medical director (CMD) of Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa Memorial Hospital, Dr Isaac Nathaniel confirmed the disease outbreak in Kafanchan.
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The chairman of Jema’a council, Hon Yunana Markus Barde, called on the citizens to proactively act fast whenever they discover children from 0-13 years confronted with symptoms such as difficulty in breathing, blockage of airways in the throat, excessive pains on the throat and running nose.
The chairman urged that citizens should take note of such symptoms with a view to arrest the outbreak from escalating and becoming uncontrollable.
Personnel in Primary Health Care across the local government, traditional institutions, religious leaders, and parents are also advised to act accordingly, stressing that some individuals are hiding some of the victims, while the catastrophe is not to their detriment alone but to the society at large.
According to the report, the outbreak had already claimed the lives of the victims, which if care is not taken due to ignorance and negligence may claim more lives.
He also said, as the experts from Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Kaduna State are coming for intervention, he urged Jema’a local government citizens to disclose, expose and convey whosoever is seen exhibiting such signs and symptoms to the Primary Health Care, traditional institutions among other relevant authorities for prompt response.