Lassa fever kills 14 in Ebonyi
”Lassa fever is a killer disease. People should stop eating rats. Do not allow it to come into contact with your food," the director advised.
Ondo distributes 10,000 rat poison as Lassa fever spreads
Ondo State Government has distributed 10,000 rat poisons to residents of Ogbese in Akure North to kill rats in the community to curb the spread of Lassa fever.
Bauchi State records 57 cases of Lassa fever in 2020 — Official
Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHDA), says there were 22 deaths out of the 57 cases of Lassa fever recorded in Bauchi State in 2020. Rilwanu stated this on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Bauchi. He said that the agency, however, conducted decontamination […]
Ondo tops Lassa fever cases in Nigeria — Govt
….Records 80 deaths in one year By Dayo Johnson Ondo State Government, yesterday, said that Lassa fever has killed over 80 persons in the state in one year. The Health Commissioner, Dr. Jibayo Adeyeye, said this in Owo, during a road walk sensitization on the eradication of disease in the state. Adeyeye stated that despite […]
FG worried over new cases of Lassa fever
The Federal Government has expressed concern over the number of new confirmed cases of Lassa fever in some states. The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, expressed the concern in Abuja at the joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. He said that there had been reported cases of Lassa […]
41 persons die of Lassa fever in Bauchi
Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), said 41 persons had died of Lassa fever from January to date in the state. Mohammed, who disclosed this in Bauchi on Saturday, noted that Lassa fever is more deadly than Coronavirus (COVID-19). The PHCDA boss explained that a case of Coronavirus reported […]
NCDC declares emergency phase of 2020 Lassa fever outbreak over
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, yesterday declared the emergency phase of the 2020 Lassa fever outbreak over following successive decline in cases below the emergency threshold, and an epidemiological review carried out by NCDC, in collaboration with World Health Organisation, WHO.
NCDC declares end to 2020 emergency Lassa fever outbreak over
By Chioma Obinna The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Tuesday, declared the emergency phase of the 2020 Lassa fever outbreak over following successive the decline in cases below the emergency threshold, and an epidemiological review carried out by NCDC in collaboration by the World Health Organisation, WHO. In a press statement made available […]
Umahi orders arrest of journalist over Lassa fever story
By Dennis Agbo Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state, on Saturday, ordered the police to detain indefinitely THE SUN Correspondent in the state, Mr Chijioke Agwu, after the Governor reportedly arrested and detained him in the state Government House. Vanguard gathered that Agwu’s travail is connected to a Lassa Fever disease story he recently authored […]
Lassa Fever: Bauchi has recorded 19 deaths in 2020, says deputy governor
The Bauchi State Government says 19 people have lost their lives to Lassa fever in the state since January. The Deputy Governor, Alhaji Baba Tela, who is also the Chairman, Bauchi State Task Force Committee on COVID-19 and Lassa Fever, disclosed this at a news conference in Bauchi on Thursday. Tela also revealed that no […]
Lassa fever: NCDC deploys health workers to hospitals in Edo, Ondo
The Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC) says it has deployed personnel to Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irua, Edo, and the Federal Medical Center, Owo, Ondo, in spite of a decrease in Lassa fever outbreak which is in its week 14. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of NCDC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja, […]
