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Governors Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, Darius Ishaku of Taraba State, Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State, Simon Lalong of Plateau State, Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Nyesom Wike of Rivers State are among the remaining 12 governors, who are expected to take the COVID-19 vaccines this week, alongside their deputies and other top government officials.
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Sokoto State government through the ministry of health has commenced active case search in Helele and Kofar Kware communities and its environment to curtail the spread of gastroenteritis in the state.
The disease which the Commissioner for Health, Dr Ali Inname, was reported to have killed four people while over twenty are hospitalized.
According to a statement on the official Twitter handle of the state ministry of health, “there was a report of gastroenteritis outbreak in some part of Sokoto North Local Government area yesterday night which affected many people living around Helele and Kofar Kware areas respectively.
“A gastroenteritis outbreak occurs when two or more people have a sudden onset of vomiting or diarrhoea at the same time in the same community. Gastroenteritis is highly infectious and its outbreak is very common and can be difficult to control.