Nigeria - Nasarawa deploys health workers as six die of strange disease within 24 hours - Food poisoning suspected

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Nasarawa deploys health workers as five die of strange disease

8th August 2024

By Collins Agwam

The Nasarawa State Government has deployed health workers following the death of five children within 24 hours in the Gidinye community of Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
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Findings by PUNCH Metro on Wednesday revealed that the children, who were between the ages of five and 15, died after complaining of stomach aches, vomiting, and purging on Monday and Tuesday.

Confirming the incident in Lafia on Wednesday, the State Epidemiologist, Dr Grace Tsakpa, said healthcare workers had been deployed to the community to take samples of the surviving family members.

While noting that the results from the samples collected had yet to be released, Tsakpa explained that from her observations, the cause of their deaths could be related to food poisoning because the ailments started immediately after they finished eating their meal on the farm.
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“The five children belong to two brothers. The family (parents and children) went to the farm, cooked there, and ate. It was on the farm that one of the children started complaining of abdominal pains, and he later died. The other four children also died after developing symptoms.”
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https://punchng.com/nasarawa-deploys-health-workers-as-five-die-of-strange-disease/
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Five children vomit, die after eating farm food

By Vincent Osuwo August 7, 2024

The Gidinye community of Obi Local Government Area in Nasarawa State is paralysed with fear following the deaths of five children in less than 24 hours.
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Our journalist discovered that the youngsters, aged five, six, seven, and fifteen, died after complaining of stomach aches, vomiting, and purging on Monday and Tuesday.

Speaking about the event on Wednesday, Samuel Akala, publicity secretary of the Migili Youth Association, said the youngsters had gone home with their parents to their farms near the Keana LG when they suddenly became ill.
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“The circumstances that resulted in the sudden death of these children call for forensic findings. I suggest that the Centre for Disease Control and the Primary Healthcare Development Agency should be invited to carry out disease surveillance in communities around Obi and Keana LGAs where there have been reported cases of acute diarrhoea, vomiting, and death of children in the past few days.”
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https://www.chronicle.ng/news/five-children-vomit-die-after-eat-farm-food/

 

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Death toll from mysterious outbreak in Nasarawa community rises to six

Published on August 8, 2024By Chris Johnson

The death toll from a mysterious outbreak in the Gindiye community of Jenkwe Development Area of Nasarawa State has risen to six, following the death of Lydia Ezekiel, a 22-year-old student of Ipere College of Education, Agyaragu.

Lydia passed away on Thursday morning at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, just days after five children in the community succumbed to similar symptoms.

The deceased children, aged between five and 15, died on Monday and Tuesday after suffering from severe stomach aches, vomiting, and diarrhoea.
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The State Epidemiologist, Dr. Grace Tsakpa, indicated that food poisoning is a leading suspicion, as the incident occurred after the affected families ate food prepared at their farm.
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https://dailypost.ng/2024/08/08/dea...-outbreak-in-nasarawa-community-rises-to-six/