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7 persons die as strange disease hits Enugu market
Friday, July 16, 2021 1:49 pm
By Emmanuel Acha
No fewer than seven persons have died early hours of Friday and eight others in critical condition over a yet to be confirmed illness at the New Artisan Market, Enugu.
The Chairman of the Livestocks Market, Alhaji Danladi Abubarkar disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu.
Abubarkar said that residents of the market woke up to discover the dead bodies which included four men and three women.
He said that all the affected persons which included tricycle riders, artisans and others from different households were stooling and vomiting.
“The corpses are still in their rooms as we speak. We shall soon proceed to the cemetery to bury the Muslims among them while the Christians will be taken by their relations,” he said.
A correspondent of NAN who visited the market reports that officials of the Enugu State Ministry of Health were already on ground to investigate the course of the deaths...
7 persons die as strange disease hits Enugu market
Friday, July 16, 2021 1:49 pm
By Emmanuel Acha
No fewer than seven persons have died early hours of Friday and eight others in critical condition over a yet to be confirmed illness at the New Artisan Market, Enugu.
The Chairman of the Livestocks Market, Alhaji Danladi Abubarkar disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu.
Abubarkar said that residents of the market woke up to discover the dead bodies which included four men and three women.
He said that all the affected persons which included tricycle riders, artisans and others from different households were stooling and vomiting.
“The corpses are still in their rooms as we speak. We shall soon proceed to the cemetery to bury the Muslims among them while the Christians will be taken by their relations,” he said.
A correspondent of NAN who visited the market reports that officials of the Enugu State Ministry of Health were already on ground to investigate the course of the deaths...
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