Makurdi — The Benue State government on Monday confirmed the strange illness reported in Epeilo-Otukpa community of Ogbadibo Local Government Area of the state to be yellow fever.
Our correspondent reports that the state government last week raised an alarm over an unknown ailment ravaging the community such that the number of deaths increased to 20 at the weekend after the state Ministry of Health and Human Services had earlier on put the death toll at 17.
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