Hukumar NCDC mai yaki da cutuka masu yaduwa a Nijeriya ta ce cutar mashako (diphtheria) ta kashe mutum 80 a kasar daga watan Mayu zuwa Yunin bana.
BBC ta rawaito cewa, wani rahoton da hukumar ta fitar ta ce yanzu mutum 836 suka harbu da cutar kuma jihar Kano ce ta fi yawan wadanda suka kamu da ke da mutum 819.
Hukumar ta ce alkaluman sun shafi kananan hukumomi 33 na jihohi bakwai da suka hada da Yobe da Katsina da Sokoto Zamfara da Kaduna da kuma Abuja.
Ko a makon nan an bayar da rahoton mutuwar yara kusan 10 sakamakon cutar a jihar Kaduna.
”Ana cikin babban tashin hankali”
Tsohon shugaban hukumar yaki da cutuka masu yaduwa ta Nijeriyar Farfesa Abdussalam Nasidi, ya shaida wa BBC Hausa cewa halin da aka tsinci kai a ciki abun tashin hankali ne, ba na wasa ba.
Ya ce dole ne a tashi a dauki mataki, idan kuwa ba haka ba za a ji kunya.
”Ina mamaki kwarai, tunda bai kamata a ce ana yi wa yara rigakafin wannan cuta tun farko amma kuma ana samunta ba, abun ma da muke gani da ke tabbatar mana da cewa an gaza ne wajen yin rigakafin ko kuma wasu ba sa kai ‘ya’yansu a musu rigakafin shi ne kaso 80 ba a musu rigakafin ba.”
Ya ce wannan babbar gazawa ce da ke nuna ya kamata gwamnati da hukumomi su tashi su yi wa kansu kiyamallaili.