The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 10 states of the country are battling with Lassa fever with 107 suspected cases and 16 deaths recorded since the beginning of the year. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, in a statement yesterday said the Centre has activated its Emergency Operations Centre […]
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The Anambra State government has prohibited the drinking of garri in the state as a measure to prevent the contraction of Lassa fever. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Akabuike, announced the ban while educating residents of the state on how to prevent the disease. “The garri you see spread along the highway while […]
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Lassa fever has killed a 30-year-old medical doctor, Idowu Ahmad, at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Lokoja, Kogi State. Ahmad contracted the virus in the line of duty and was transferred to Irrua, Edo state, for treatment. A source said Ahmad died in Edo state on Sunday. “He died today. Lassa fever took him. He […]
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The Ebonyi state chapter of the Nigerian Medical association has lost two of its own to Lassa Fever. Ariom Anthony Ifeanyi, secretary, Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Ebonyi chapter, confirmed the development on Sunday. “It’s a sad day for NMA Ebonyi state as we lose two of our members same day to Lassa fever,” he said […]
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Saka Audu, Kogi state commissioner for health, said an unknown disease with symptoms, including diarrhoea, blood stain vomiting, and high fever, has killed 50 people at Okunran, Okoloke and Isanlu-Esa villages in Yagba west local government of the state. “We initially suspected Lassa fever after getting some misleading reports about people bleeding around, so we made […]
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Chris Bode, the Chief Medical Director at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, has disclosed that two patients have died from Lassa Fever. He also said 100 members of staff have been placed under surveillance. Bode said the late patients died few days after admission. “Each of these two patients presented very late and died […]
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Health authorities in Edo State on Monday confirmed two fresh cases of Lassa Fever in the State. The Director of Primary Health Care in Akoko-Edo Local Government Council of Edo, Dr Sunday Yerumoh, made the confirmation in Igarra. He disclosed that the patients were quickly admitted in the Surveillance Unit of the local government health […]
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The Anambra Government on Monday confirmed that a nursing student was killed by Lassa Fever, while 65 others were being monitored. Dr Emmanuel Okafor, the Director of Public Health, State Ministry of Health, told newsmen in Awka that the deceased (name withheld) was a student in one private nursing school in Nkpor, Idemili North. Okafor […]
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The Bauchi State Ministry of Health has confirmed the death of four patients out of the five cases of Lassa fever in Bauchi, Alkaleri and Ganjuwa Local Government Areas of the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Halima Muqaddas, made the confirmation on Friday while addressing journalists in Bauchi. “We have confirmed five cases of […]
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The Nasarawa State Government has said that no fewer than eight people have so far died following the recent outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. Dr Ibrahim Adamu, the Director of Public Health in the state’s Ministry of Health, made this disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lafia. Adamu […]
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