AN outbreak of gastro-enteritis has so far claimed three lives in Gidan-Danrabi in the Kware Local Government Council Area Sokoto State.

The Council's Director of Health, Hajiya Hadiza Ahmed, disclosed this while receiving the Health Commissioner, Dr Jabbi Kilgori.

The Commissioner was in the area to monitor the ongoing polio immunization exercise.

Ahmed said that 14 others were still receiving treatment at a designated centre.

"The victims are now receiving treatment at the isolation camp set up in Ummoruma Village Primary School," she told the commissioner.

Ahmed said the council had taken steps to control the spread of the disease, adding that the health of those under-going treatment were stable.

She also disclosed that polio vaccines were being rejected in some communities in the area and called for the government's intervention.

"Mashedi and Hausawa villages are rejecting polio vaccines ... it has political and religious undertones," Ahmed added.

The Commissioner assured the council of the state government's assistance in controlling the disease.

Kilgori also appealed to the people not to politicise polio vaccines.

"The vaccine is safe for children and it should not be politicised or given religious interpretations," he said.