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July 16, 2019
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has dismissed as false, social media reports on purported outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in cattle from the northern part of the country.
The Centre’s Director General, Chikwe Ihekweazu in a statement in Abuja said Nigerians should disregard the fake report as it was false.
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Ihekweazu assured Nigerians that there were no recordedcases of bovine tuberculosis in the country nor were there concerns on it atthe moment.
He again advised Nigerians to ensure that meat and otherfood to be consumed were well cooked and safely handled to avoid the spread offoodborne illnesses.
The Centre’s boss added that Nigerians should visit thecenters website or its Twitter and Facebook pages, for accurate information ondisease outbreaks in the country.
The fake report was being circulated claiming that theDirector General of World Health Organisation had alerted on bovine tuberculosisin cattle from the North and advised Nigerians to stop eating beef.