Lassa fever and cerebro spinal meningitis (CSM) have claimed 26 lives and infected 88 others in 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in its report captioned Week 04 (January 21 – 27, 2019), 77 new cases of the fever were recorded in 13 states […]
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Plateau State has recorded 17 confirmed cases of Lassa Fever with five persons dead, according to Dr. Kunden Deyin, the state’s Commissioner for Health. Deyin disclosed, yesterday in Jos, that 33 cases were taken to the laboratory for confirmation, where 17 were confirmed to be cases of Lassa Fever. According to him, 13 persons on […]
Read More The Kogi Government on Sunday confirmed a case of Lassa Fever in Angwan Kura Community, in the old market area of Lokoja, the state capital. Commissioner for Health, Dr Saka Audu, disclosed this in a statement. He said a patient (male) who is a resident of Angwan Kura, Lokoja, reported at the Accident and Emergency […]
Read More The Plateau State government has confirmed two cases of Lassa fever with three unconfirmed cases being investigated at the Lassa Fever Treatment centre, Irrua Edo State. Plateau State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Kunden Deyin at a press briefing in Jos said seven samples were earlier taken to Irrua in which two returned positive. Deyin said […]
Read More Afresh outbreak of the dreaded Lassa fever, has killed a medical and three other persons, a one-day training workshop organized by the Anambra State Ministry of Health has revealed. A resource person at the workshop, Dr Jane Ezeonu confirmed that the medical doctor died at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a […]
Read More The Lassa hemorrhagic fever outbreak in the country has killed 101 people, as West Africa battles to contain a flare-up of the virus, according to data from the nation’s health authorities yesterday. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) statistics showed that reported cases of the hemorrhagic disease — confirmed and suspected — stood at 175 with […]
Read More A 28-year-old woman has tested positive to Lassa fever in Ogun State. The unidentified woman, who just returned from Ebonyi State, has been taken to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu. The first two hospitals where the patient was hospitalised have been shut by the government. The Commissioner for Health, Babatunde Ipaye, broke […]
Read More A 27 -year-old lady has died of Lassa fever at the Ijede General Hospital in Lagos. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, confirmed the death in a statement issued by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday. According to Idris, the patient had received treatment from a private hospital and three churches before she was […]
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THE World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday urged governments at all levels to intensify public awareness campaigns on Lassa fever in the rural areas. Mrs. Faith Irehi, WHO Coordinator in Edo, made the call during a sensitisation campaign on Lassa fever in Etsako West Local Government Area of the state. “Following the recent outbreak of […]
Read More BY April this year, Lassa fever will “become history.” The government, which expressed optimism that the disease would be eradicated in April, also confirmed that it had placed the family that was visited by a victim in the Kubwa community of Abuja and an official of the Kubwa hospital, where he was treated, under surveillance. […]
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THERE was panic yesterday in Ido Ekiti, headquarters of Ido/Osi Local Government Area, Ekiti State and Asaba, Delta State following the confirmation of two Lassa fever cases. The victim in Ekiti State, a Nursing student, is now on admission at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti (FETHI) after testing positive to the virus on Saturday. […]
Read More Lassa fever is one of the types of haemorrhagic fevers that affects human beings and could lead to sudden death. Other haemorrhagic fevers are Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), Dengue and Yellow fever. Some of the symptoms of haemorrhagic fever are high fever, serious headache and bleeding from the pores of the body parts which are […]
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