16 KILLED IN YELLOW FEVER OUTBREAK IN EBONYI

The Permanent Secretary blamed the death of the 16 persons to patronage of quacks and use of herbs to treat the disease, stressing, “that is why we appreciate the community giving early information to the authority especially when they notice that there is unusual happening,” .

Penpushing further reports that, he said the government was doing much to ensure that it does not spread to the capital city, Abakaliki, adding, “yellow fever is not transmitted from human to human. It can only be transmitted through mosquito,”

“There are forest monkeys that equally carry yellow fever virus and if mosquito bites the monkey and bite somebody in the forest it will pass the virus and if the mosquito bites another person, it will continue to transmit the virus that is the way the virus spreads. Yellow fever comes with fever, typhoid and if it is not detected on time, it will start eating blood and the person will go into coma.”