Case isolated at LUTH LASG calls for calm, advises public on safety precautions By Sola Ogundipe Lagos has recorded a case of Lassa fever currently raging in 19 other states in the country. Announcing the development on Wednesday morning, the State Commissioner for Health Prof, Akin Abayomi confirmed that the patient is currently in isolation […]

Says patient is doing wellhe By Chioma Obinna The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, has confirmed a case of Lassa Fever in the hospital even as it explained that the patient was responding to treatment. Confirming this in a telephone chat with Vanguard, the Chairman, LUTH Medical Advisory Committee, CMAC, Professor Wasiu Adeyemo said the […]

…472 Confirmed Cases–NCDC By Ibrahim Hassan The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, said that there were 472 confirmed cases of Lassa fever in Nigeria. The agency said 70 deaths were recorded across 92 Local Government Areas in 26 states. Assistant Director, Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Department of the NCDC, Dr. Kola Jinaidu, made […]

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 472 cases and 70 deaths of Lassa fever as at Feb. 11, 2020, Director-General of the centre, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said. He told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja, while giving an update on the Lassa fever outbreak that the overall Case Fatality Rate (CFR) […]

Declare national emergency now; set up interdisciplinary One-Health Committee  — NAS By Sola Ogundipe & Gabriel Olawale A total of 1,047 Nigerians have died of Lassa fever since the first reported case in 1969, the Nigerian Academy of Science, NAS, has stated. The NAS is the apex and official science academy of Nigeria, established in […]