Don't drink garri with cold water - Doctor cautions -Health

Residents of Rivers State have been warned to stop drinking Garri
soaked in cold water due to rats that carry the highly contagious
Lassa fever virus.

The Chairman of Rivers State branch of Nigerian Medical Association
(NBA), Dr. Furo Green , gave the warning while speaking about the
viral disease in Port Harcourt, the State capital.

He also advised that they stop drinking dry garri.

"Because you are not sure which garri has been infected by rats,
it's advisable to stay away. When you want to sip garri, you only pour
cold water, add sugar and milk as the case may be. When you do that
you only succeed in gulping a life virus that can cause Lassa fever.
The virus is empowered easily to attack you. Rather, garri should be
consumed in the traditional way prepare it well boiled hot water or
pour the garri in a pot of boiling hot water and steer it", he said.

Dr. Green further cautioned the general public on the need to store
their foodstuff in a covered container to avoid contamination from
infected rats.
READ: Get live updates Lassa Fever outbreak in Nigeria »

A medical doctor had died from the disease last week after being
accidentally infected by a pregnant woman. He had carried out an
emergency Caesarean Section on the woman, not knowing she was
infected.
His death brought to brought to three, the number of persons who have
died from the disease in Rivers - a nursing mother and her
two-week-old baby died earlier from the virus.

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