No fewer than 30 students were hospitalized as result of an uncertain sickness which hit Government Girls College (GGC), Sokoto State.
They have all however been discharged after treatment.
The Director of Public Health in the state’s Ministry of Health, Dr Abdurrahaman Dantsoho, disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday in Sokoto.
Danstoho confirmed that the incident occurred from March 23 and the infected students were taken to the Specialist Hospital were they were all treated then discharged.
He said the ministry had commenced investigation, testing samples of water, food and other surrounding materials collected.
According to him, 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 oversees the school confirmed the incident, saying that Sokoto State government had deployed 10 medical doctors to the school.
“The situation was brought under control due to the quick intervention of the state government. And all the infected students have been isolated to curtail the spread of the disease,” she said.
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