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General Category => World News => Topic started by: EC on April 19, 2015, 07:16:50 am
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A "mysterious disease" has claimed the lives of up to 18 people in Nigeria, the government has revealed.
The disease, whose symptoms include headaches and blurred vision, has been blighting the southern town of Ode-Irele, in Ondo state since it was first discovered earlier this week.
"Twenty-three people (were affected) and 18 deaths were recorded," the Ondo state health commissioner, Dayo Adeyanju, told news agency AFP.
Government spokesman for the state, Kayode Akinmade said the victims had lost their lives within a day of falling ill.
Laboratory tests have so far ruled out Ebola or any other virus, he said.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed it is investigating the reports, saying it was aware of 14 cases with at least 12 dead.
Read more: http://news.sky.com/story/1467803/mysterious-disease-kills-18-in-nigeria
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Poisoning?
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More than likely, or a waterborne protazoa that hasn't been identified yet. Too localized for anything else really.