Ka taƙaita labarin:  Wata cuta mai ban mamaki ta kashe mutane 18 a kudu maso yammacin Najeriya, inda jami'an kiwon lafiya ke kokarin gano musabbabinta. Wadanda suka kamu da cutar duk sun faru ne a jihar Ondo ta Najeriya tun daga ranar 13 ga Afrilu, in ji jami'an kiwon lafiya a ranar Lahadi. Dokta Dayo Adeyanju, kwamishinan lafiya na jihar Ondo, ya ce mutane 18 sun mutu kuma mutane biyar suna jinya. Wadanda cutar ta shafa suna tsakanin shekaru 25 zuwa 60. Cutar ba ta da wata illa, in ji shi. Alamomin sun hada da ciwon kai, makanta, rashin gani da rashin sani, in ji Adeyanju. Wasu sun yi zargin cewa giya da ake shayarwa a yankin ne ya jawo hakan. Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya, a farkon ranar Lahadi, ta ba da rahoton aƙalla mutane 13 sun mutu kuma cewa akwai jimillar mutane 18. Wadannan lambobin da Adeyanju ya ruwaito sun fito da wasu adadi daban-daban. Masu binciken sun aika da samfurin jini, fitsari da ruwan kashin baya zuwa jami'a a birnin Legas don gwaji, wanda ya kawar da kamuwa da cuta daga ƙwayoyin cuta ko ƙwayoyin cuta, in ji WHO. Likitoci suna shirin gudanar da gwaje-gwajen toxicological akan daya daga cikin wadanda suka mutu a asibiti, mai magana da yawun WHO Tarik Jasarevic ya ce.
Najeriya ta ce mutum 18 sun mutu kuma 5 na jinya. Ana zargin giya da aka yi a gida. Wasu marasa lafiya sun mutu a cikin sa'o'i.