The
name of the rat that harbours the virus that causes lassa fever is called
multimammate rat (because it has many nipples like all these local street dogs
after delivery). While the botanical name is mastomys natalensis.
There
is also an upsurge of the disease everywhere. So we should all practice hand
washing hygiene. Also all apple lovers should wash them with salt and warm
water before refrigerating them to eat. Our wives should avoid testing of dry
garri by chewing them for starch in the market. All garri soakers should let go
for now.
The
problem is that most of our garri sellers in the market buy their garri from
bush markets. These garri are often fried half dry and are subsequently dried
on polythene sheets on the tarred roads or compounds in the villages. These rat
dive in at will, to feed their hungry bellies and in the process defecate and
urinate on the garri, which dry up with it. If used for Eba, the virus may die
bcos of the hot water used. But if soaked, the virus is directly ushered in.
Please
no one should joke with this precaution, except you process your cassava
yourself.
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