According to This Day Newspaper, at least two people are feared dead, while 20 others are hospitalized in various hospitals in Plateau State after consuming excessive quantity of salt and bitter kola to prevent the Ebola virus.
The 'salt & hot water' rumour was created by a female university student who has publicly apologized to Nigerians for the panic she had ignorantly caused when she sent the prank message to her friends, not knowing it would go viral.
The publication states that the two victims who were rushed to the hospital by family members, collapsed in the morning after consuming too much salt over night.
They reportedly later died of high blood pressure in the hospital.
According to the medical personnel in the hospitals where other patients are currently taking treatment in Jos, some developed ulcer, while others stool uncontrollably, having consumed the table salt in excess in an attempt to prevent the deadly Ebola virus.
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