A rare and strange disease has recently occurred in the state of Benue, southeast of the Nigerian capital Abuja, suspected of an outbreak. Senator Abba Morrow, who represents the state, said recently that the number of people suffering from this strange disease has risen to 104 as of February 3, and 15 people have died. However, the latest situation is that the number of patients has risen to 365 and 47 deaths. The earliest case of the epidemic was discovered on January 29. At first, it was believed that locals used contaminated fish or were exposed to dangerous chemicals in the river during fishing. Because of symptoms such as vomiting, swelling, diarrhea, and physical weakness.

At present, the Nigerian Ministry of Health has sent experts to investigate. According to a report by Nigerian Health Minister Osage Aihanel on Friday, the disease does not seem to be Ebola or Lassa fever. A severe infectious disease that is endemic in West Africa. However, the disease has a high mortality rate, and some severe cases die within 15 to 48 hours. The Nigerian Centers for Disease Control (NCDC) has been involved in formulating a response plan and taking measures to monitor the epidemic to prevent the epidemic from continuing to spread.

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, with a total of nearly 200 million people. Of course, Nigeria is also an epidemic-prone country. In July 2014, because of the polio epidemic, it was included in the list of "international public health emergency" observer countries, and it was not officially lifted until September 2015. In August 2014, Ebola virus became the focus of attention, but as there were fewer than 20 cases, the observation status was lifted in 42 days. Lassa fever is currently prevailing in Nigeria last December. As of January 24, 195 cases have been reported in 11 states of the country, of which 29 have been fatal.

In view of the high pathogenicity of the strange disease, the Nigerian health department has started to monitor and isolate the strange disease to further prevent the spread of the strange disease. In general, the Nigerian government responded to the strange disease. The response to the disease epidemic is still quite fast. After all, the Nigerian health department has accumulated a lot of experience in responding to previous outbreaks such as Ebola and Salar fever, which has laid a solid foundation for the subsequent epidemic prevention and control. It has not yet been determined what the root cause of the strange disease is, but the rapid response of the Nigerian health department can minimize the possibility of the epidemic spreading.

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