Yellow Fever Kills Three In Bauchi 'We’ve made arrangements on how to contain the virus...'
The Executive Chairman of the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, confirmed this to Channels Television in an exclusive interview on Saturday.
Mohammed said, “In Bauchi State, we have been trying to follow up with the case of yellow fever which started two weeks ago and we have only three confirmed deaths. The executive chairman, who spoke during a hospital visit to the affected patients, explained that most of them were seen unconscious. Mohammed said all confirmed cases of the disease were from Alkaleri, where the Yankari Games Reserve is located.
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