Kano State Ministry of Well being has debunked stories of an outbreak of measles in Kano Municipal Native Authorities Space.
A press release issued by the ministry’s Director of Public Well being and Illness Management, Dr Imam Wada Bello, vehemently debunked the report.
reporter recollects that authorities at Kano Municipal Native Authorities Council in Kano State had confirmed an outbreak of measles in some elements of the native authorities space.
The world’s Major Well being Care coordinator, Aliyu Jinjiri Kiru, disclosed this throughout a gathering of the emergency preparedness committee on the native authorities secretariat.
However Imam denied the report, saying that earlier than declaring an outbreak, sure procedures and indices are thought of, together with laboratory investigations and assessments, in addition to evaluation of the severity of the illness and the variety of folks affected.
Within the case of Kano Municipal LGA, he mentioned, “None of those procedures have been carried out to warrant the declaration of measles outbreak.”
He urged the folks to ignore the report because it lacked empirical and scientific proof to substantiate it.
The assertion assured that the ministry was very vigilant on all public ailments that wreak havoc on the lives of the folks by taking all obligatory measures to include the consequences of such ailments.
He emphasised that the ministry and its 44 LGAs’ Emergency Preparedness Response (EPR) are on the alert to reply to outbreaks in a well timed method in collaboration with related stakeholders.
