Kano State Residents Panic As Dozens Of People Reportedly Succumb To Strange Sickness

The recent rise in deaths in Kano state is a source of concern to residents.

A health worker, who spoke off the record with TheCable alleges that 180 persons have been buried in the last four days.

One of the sources at the Murtala Muhammad Specialists Hospital Kano said most of the deaths resulted from hypertension, anaemia, diabetics, malaria and typhoid.

Another source also attributed some of the deaths to ulcers “as a result of hunger and poverty which requires urgent attention from the government and wealthy individuals.”


There has been panic in the state since the deaths went on the increase after the state recorded its first case of COVID-19.


Areas where deaths have been reported include; Zage, Kano Municipal, Tarauni, Gwale, Kurna, Dala, Chiromawa, Zango, Kofar Mata, Fagge, Kumbotso, and some local government areas outside the metropolitan like Bichi, Kunchi, Wudil, Gwarzo, and Shanono.


Adamu Umar, a cemetery guard at farm centre, said he buried over 17 people, adding that the situation is scary, as it is unusual since he began working there in the last four years.


On Tuesday, about 10 people were were reportedly buried at Dandolo.


Tijjani Hussaini, the state’s executive secretary of the primary healthcare board, said they were yet to ascertain the cause of the said deaths, but that the situation had “sent residents panicking.”


“The investigation is prompted by reports that more deaths have been recorded in the past seven days. We want to know the number of persons already dead. We also want to investigate how they died,” he said.
It is when we have a good idea; it is when we get the outcome of the findings that we can properly draw conclusions and brief the public.”


From The Cable