Adadin wadanda suka mutu sakamakon kamuwa da cutar diphtheria a Kaduna ya karu zuwa 13 kamar yadda alkalumman hukuma suka nuna. An samu raguwar mutane 10 da aka ce sun mutu sakamakon cutar a garin Kafanchan da ke karamar hukumar Jema’a a jihar Kaduna, yayin da yara 3 suka mutu a karamar hukumar Makarfi, wasu bakwai kuma na kwance a asibiti.
KU KARANTA KUMA: Diphtheria: 3 sun mutu, 7 suna kwance a asibiti a jihar Kaduna
Da yake tabbatar da bullar cutar a karamar hukumar Markafi, sakataren lafiya na karamar hukumar, Malam Aliyu Alhassan, ya ce wadanda ake zargin sun kamu da cutar ne a unguwar Tashar Na Kawu da ke Unguwar Gubuchi.
Ya ce, “Wadanda abin ya shafa yara ne kuma an tura samfurin wadanda abin ya shafa Abuja domin a tantance su. An kai wadanda ake zargin suna dauke da cutar asibiti an kebe su don duba lafiyarsu kuma ana ci gaba da gano masu cutar domin kare yaduwar cutar.”
Kazalika, gwamnatin jihar Kaduna ta sanar da ‘yan kasar kan barkewar cutar tare da umurci ma’aikatar lafiya ta kasar da ta tura tawagar gaggawa domin gudanar da bincike kan lamarin da kuma daukar matakan gaggawa, kamar yadda ‘yan jarida suka bayyana.
A halin da ake ciki, babban jami’in kula da cututtuka na ma’aikatar lafiya ta jihar Kaduna, Dakta Jeremiah Daikwo, ya koka kan yadda wasu al’ummar jihar ke kin allurar rigakafin cutar anthrax da ta barke a wasu jihohin.
Ya kuma bayyana cewa cutar anthrax cuta ce ta kwayan cuta da ke shafar namun gida da na daji kuma tana iya kamuwa da mutane, musamman yara da watakila sun yi mu’amala da dabbobi masu dauke da cutar.
Ya ce sakamakon binciken ya nuna cewa mutane 17 ne suka kamu da cutar, ya kara da cewa, “Har yanzu muna kan binciken tuntubar juna domin gano karin mutanen da ka iya kamuwa da cutar.”
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