Reports of a measles outbreak in Kano Municipal Local Government Area have been refuted by the Kano State Ministry of Health.
The story was vigorously refuted in a statement released by Dr. Imam Wada Bello, the ministry’s director of public health and disease control.
Recall that authorities at Kano Municipal Local Government Council in Kano State had confirmed an outbreak of measles in some parts of the local government area.
The area’s Primary Health Care coordinator, Aliyu Jinjiri Kiru, disclosed this during a meeting of the emergency preparedness committee at the local government secretariat.
But Imam denied the report, saying that before declaring an outbreak, certain procedures and indices are considered, including laboratory investigations and tests, as well as assessment of the severity of the disease and the number of people affected.
In the case of Kano Municipal LGA, he said, “None of these procedures have been carried out to warrant the declaration of measles outbreak.”
He urged the people to disregard the report as it lacked empirical and clinical evidence to substantiate it.
According to the statement, the ministry takes all necessary precautions to limit the consequences of public diseases that have a devastating impact on people’s lives.
