HEALTH ALERT!! New Discovery, See The Deadly New Sickness Associated With Drinking Garri

The Medical personnel in Nigeria have warned the public against soaking garri which most Nigerians take like a fast-food as it might incur a great health risk.

Mr Razak Adeofalade, Chairman of the Medical and Health Workers Union, Lagos State council, stated on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos,

That the house rats that caused Lassa fever are mostly in contact with Nigerian most staple food, gari, a cassava product.

“We are going to encourage members of the public to stop drinking gari at this moment, it is better that the cassava flour is utilised for ‘eba’ because of the use of hot water.

“We are waging total war and that is: ‘War against Rats,’ and that is what we are going to do to ensure we do not have another victim of Lassa fever in the state.

“We will also be telling them to ensure that their fruits and raw vegetables are properly washed if they must be consumed raw and cook to the appropriate temperature.

“The whole essence is to enlighten our people because education carries a lot of weight in this whole activity,” he said.

Mr Razak Adeofalade further said, that the union was also calling for adaptation of best practices for food storage to prevent epidemic.

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