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30 Students Hospitalised As Strange Illness Hits Sokoto
- No fewer than 30 students of the Government Girls College, Sokoto, has been hospitalised following a strange illness that broke out in the state.
- It was gathered that the incident, which began on Wednesday, forced the infected students to be admitted to a specialist hospital where they were treated
No fewer than 30 students of the Government Girls College, Sokoto, has been hospitalised following a strange illness that broke out in the state.
The Director of Public Health in the state ministry of health, Dr Abdurrahaman Dantsoho, made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen on Thursday.
Danstoho confirmed that the incident, which began on Wednesday, forced the infected students to be admitted to a specialist hospital where they were treated and discharged.
He further disclosed that the ministry had started probing into the disease testing samples of water, food and other surrounding materials collected.
Danstoho stated that no death was reported during the hospitalisation, adding that the ministry was not aware of the rumour of death as a result of the incident.
Also speaking, the Commissioner of Science and Technology, Dr Kulu Haruna, whose ministry supervises the school confirmed the incident, saying that the Sokoto State government has deployed 10 medical doctors to the school.
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