Three dead, 284 hospitalised as strange disease hits Kano

No fewer than three persons have died and 284 persons hospitalised as strange disease hit Kano city, Kano State Government said on Tuesday.

The disease has spread across the eight metropolitan councils and five more local government areas in the state.

Commissioner for Health Dr. Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa said preliminary investigation revealed that affected persons developed various “strange” symptoms after drinking water from a borehole sunk near cemetery.

He noted that samples of the affected patients had been taken and sent to Abuja for diagnosis.

According to him, the affected victims are currently receiving treatment at Murtala Mohammad Specialist Hospital Kano, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital and Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital among others.