The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 8 deaths and over 208 suspected new cases following an outbreak of a strange illness in Sokoto State. The manager of the centre, Dr Ibrahim Usman, revealed this at an interactive session with officials of the state Ministry of Health. He said the incident happened in Sabon Birni and Isa local government areas of the state. According to him, prompt measures were taken by the NCDC and the state government to control the spread of the yet-to-be identified disease as samples were taken to NCDC laboratories for analysis. He stated that the…