Bauchi govt confirms outbreak of yellow fever, death of four students
The Bauchi State government has confirmed the outbreak of yellow fever in the state.
Speaking in a press conference on Thursday, the Executive Secretary, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Rilwan Mohammed, said that the Ministry of Health in the State received a report of a confirmed yellow fever case from the Kano State Ministry of Health which was linked to Yankari Game Reserve.
He also said that, “the Team discovered that there was a possibility of a yellow fever outbreak which is being investigated. So far, six samples have been collected from suspected cases for testing in the National Reference Laboratory in Abuja and at the Regional Laboratory in Dakar – Senegal.”
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