The Sokoto State Government has intensified surveillance, case management and public health laboratory investigations following rising cases of suspected heavy metal poisoning.
The State Commissioner for Health, Faruk Abubakar, made this known while addressing journalists in Sokoto on Friday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some communities in the Tureta Local Government Area of the state had reported 32 cases of a mysterious illness, primarily affecting children.
The…
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