Five children have been killed and 187 others isolated due to the out break of measles in the Ambursa/Kardi Development Area in Kebbi State.
Disclosing this on Thursday in Ambursa, Isa Abubakar, an official of the Primary Health Care (PHC) in the area said 197 children were suffering from the disease.
Abubakar however emphasised that state, federal and international agencies had intervened to curtail the spread of disease and provided drugs to victims.
The Chairman of Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area, Musa Dan-Illelah, who visited the victims at the isolation camp was touched by the death of the children caused by the plague.
He assured the people that drugs and medical facilities will be provided for the victims at the designated place of isolation.
He affirmed that immunisation against the killer diseases would be intensified to prevent their spread to other communities in the state.
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