Ondo Mysterious Disease Finally Eradicated

The mysterious disease that claimed the lives in Ode Irele L.G.A, Ondo State has finally been eradicated from the community.
It would be recalled that the unknown disease which broke out last month has killed 23 people in the area while some others are still in the hospital receiving medical treatment.
Medical practitioners traced the incidents to consumption of methanol poison, Leadership reports.
Speaking with journalists in Akure, the state capital at the weekend, Dr Dayo Adeyanju, the state commissioner for Health, attributed the success in containing the disease to the proactiveness of the state Ministry of Health, the National Agency for Food Administration, Drugs and Control and other stakeholders.
“For the past 14 days, we have not recorded a single case of methanol poison in this state, we have sensitised the people of Ode Irele on the consumption of the local gin, ogogoro, pending the outcome of the ongoing investigation.
“I want to authoritatively tell the whole world today that the Ode Irele outbreak has completely come to an end,” Adeyanju said.
According to the commissioner, there were 33 people afflicted with the strange disease, 23 lost their lives while 10 were still alive and currently receiving treatment at the hospitals in the state.
Adeyanju reiterated that the consumption of ogogoro led to the outbreak of the disease. Therefore, the state government made the decision to ban the consumption of the local gin.
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