The Kwara State Government has placed healthcare on Outbreak Response Mode after confirmation of four deaths in the Eruda community, as a result of food poisoning from Amala and one death from Gastroenteritis.
Dr. Amina El-Imam, the Kwara Commissioner for Health disclosed this during a news conference on Tuesday in Ilorin.
According to her, the entire health team of the Ministry visited the community after report of a family who lost a number of their relatives, after consumption of Lafun-Amala.
El-Imam stated that the Amala made from processed cassava flour could have been responsible for the death.
She explained further that the people who consumed yam flour without Lafun were fine, however, those who consumed the mixture of both Lafun and Amala mixture fell ill and eventually some of them died.
The commissioner disclosed that several others are making good recoveries in the hospitals where they are receiving treatment.
El-Imam stated that this is a case of chemical food poisoning, potentially due to under-processed cassava used in the production of Lafun.
She explained that one death was recorded at Osin Gada, in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara as a result of Gastroenteritis.
El-Imam disclosed that the deceased is the index case who demonstrated this illness before it spread to others.
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