The Federal Government has deployed the National Rapid Response Team to Kano State Government to unravel the mystery of a recent strange illness in the state.

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, CHIKWE IHEKWEAZU, disclosed this in Abuja at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19.

The response team will also manage victims of the illness which has infected over 200 persons with four dead.

The strange disease has been confirmed in 13 local government areas, including eight metropolitan councils in the state with most of the cases having fever, vomiting, yellowish eyes and abdominal pain as symptoms.