ONDO state government weekend says it suspects ethanol poisoning as
responsible for the death of over 20 persons in Irele area of the state
last week.
It dismissed insinuation that the alleged strange disease was contagious and put death tool at 18.
Conflicting reports emanated from the remote community last week over the outbreak of strange disease.
While
the natives people in the community alleged that the death was caused
by some unknown persons who committed sacrilege by breaking into the
Malokun Shrine and stealing sacred objects, government insist such is
unknown to science.
The Health Commissioner Dr Dayo
Adeyanju, speaking in Akure said ”findings from post-mortem carried out
on the victims and other laboratory tests revealed that the disease was
neither epidemic nor contagious.
According to him” preliminary report shows that ethanol poison was found in the systems of all the victims.
“Our
investigations have also revealed that the victims, who, interestingly,
were all Okada riders, gathered at some local joints to consume
alcoholic substance mixed with roots and some other local herbs on the
eve of the outbreak of the disease.
“I can assure you
that the disease is in no way contagious. The fact that none of the
caregivers has contracted the disease has greatly underscored this
point.
More detail soon.
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