The Federal Ministry of Health and World Health Organization, WHO, say that the consumption of contaminated alcohol (gin) is
believed to be responsible for the outbreak of the strange disease that
has claimed at least 18 lives in Ondo state.
At a joint press
conference today, the Minister of State for Health, Mr Fidelis Nwankwo
said the disease is not in anyway related to Ebola virus disease as was
earlier speculated.
"Preliminary laboratory
investigations indicates that the outbreak cannot be attributed to any
infectious organism, bacterial or viral.
The outbreak is also clearly
not due to Ebola virus disease as feared by many at first.
Epidemiological findings indicate a strong linkage of the outbreak to a
consumption of a local gin that had been contaminated with methanol, a
poisonous material.
At this stage the particular poisonous substance is
being ascertained. The results of this very detailed investigation
currently been conducted by the government and our partners are still
been awaited and will be made public as soon as possible"he said.
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