The Yobe State Government has confirmed four persons dead from acute diarrhoea in Gujba Local Government Area.
The Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr. Lawan Gana, disclosed this to newsmen in Damaturu, the state capital, on Monday.
Gana said the disease was detected in Jangalawaji and Tadandara settlements in Gujba Ward.
The commissioner stated that both villages were among areas ravaged by the recent flood in the state.
He pointed out that samples of the victims were collected and undergoing examination.
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Gana called on the public not to panic as the government was doing everything possible to address the situation.
He denied claims of an outbreak of cholera in Gujba and Ngelzarma, saying only laboratory results could confirm the outbreak of the disease.
