The president of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Aliyu Sokomba, has disclosed that one of the members of the association treating COVID-19 patients has tested positive for the disease. According to a report by the PUNCH, Sokomba, who spoke at a Channels Television programme on Thursday, said the doctor was working at Irrua […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that 29 deaths and 195 confirmed cases of Lassa fever had been reported in 11 states of the federation. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, NCDC, who disclosed this in a statement he signed on Saturday in Abuja, explained that the current figures were as at Friday, […]
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The Federal Government has activated emergency response centres for Lassa fever cases in the country following the official declaration of the disease as an outbreak. Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, announced this in a statement personally signed by him on Tuesday. He disclosed that there has been an […]
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The Gombe State Government has confirmed the death of four Lassa fever patients out of the 53 suspected cases recorded in the state. Nuhu Bille, acting State Epidemiologist, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe on Tuesday. “This year, we recorded 53 suspected cases of Lassa fever and […]
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John Okiyi, Commissioner for Information in Abia, has confirmed the outbreak of the deadly Lassa Fever at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Umuahia. Okiyi, who made the disclosure in a statement in Umuahia on Monday, said that the government and the hospital management had swung into action to check the spread of the disease. […]
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About 14 people have been confirmed dead in Bauchi state following the outbreak of Lassa Fever and Cholera, the state commissioner for health says. Zuwaira Hassan, the commissioner made this known while briefing newsmen at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital (ATBU- TH) Bauchi during her visit to the cholera quarantine ward. According to her, nine […]
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it has recorded a fresh case of Lassa fever in the territory, bringing the number of confirmed cases to three within three months. Dr Humphrey Okoroukwu, the Director of Public Health in the Health and Human Services Secretariat in FCT, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria […]
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The Delta State Government has said that three persons out of the seven confirmed cases of Lassa fever have died since the outbreak of the disease in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Mordi Ononye, who disclosed this, also said 24 persons had been placed under surveillance. Ononye, in a statement on Sunday, […]
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A woman in Cross River state has been reportedly killed by suspected Lassa Fever at the Intensive Care Unit of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. The woman, who was transferred from the Navy Hospital in Calabar to UCTH, was said to have come into the state from Taraba State. Although, a hospital source denied that […]
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Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has confirmed the outbreak of Lassa fever, recording nine deaths He said on Saturday in Akure that 36 cases have also been confirmed. In a Akeredolu a state broadcast, he said a total of 102 suspected cases of Lassa fever were reported in eight local government areas of the […]
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