A strange ailment suspected to be ‘buruli ulcer’ has hit Bujawa town in Mani Local Government Area of Katsina State where 14 people are affected and one has died.
Confirming the outbreak, the Director of Primary Healthcare of the LGA, Abdurahman Auwal Bindawa said, “This is an unknown thing to us but we suspect it to be buruli ulcer. There is no lab test so we cannot confirm it.”
He said the matter had been reported to the state and other development partners.
“We are expecting a team of experts to come and do proper analysis and diagnosis. One person started it before it spread to 14 others and one has died,” he said, adding that the disease was taking different dimensions on different people.
“For some it affects the legs, thigh, back or hands and for women it’s the breasts, like a cancer,” he said.
