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Following the rising fears amongst the citizenry over the spread of Lassa fever across the states and coronavirus in some countries of the world, the Federal Government has called for calm, reassuring Nigerians that the situation was under control. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, who...

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Maryam Sanda wept uncontrollably on Monday at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja. She broke down in tears after Justice Yusuf Halilu convicted her for the death of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello. Justice Halilu made the pronouncement while delivering judgment on the...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday confirmed 37 new cases of Lassa fever recorded between February 4 and February 10. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known on Wednesday in a statement in Abuja. Ihekweazu said that from January …...

The Delta State government has confirmed the death of a 75-year-old woman as a result of … Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2pcZz8J Get More Nigeria Metro News

The World Health Organisation says that with declining numbers and only a handful of confirmed cases reported in recent weeks, the critical phase of Nigeria’s largest Lassa fever outbreak is under control. According to a statement issued by WHO’s Communication Officer, Ms Charity Warigon in...

Video: Why Lassa fever is endemic in Nigeria – Health Expert The disease has spread to 18 states in three months… Read more via Premium Times Nigeria https://ift.tt/2Heib07

Rat droppings on food causes Lassa fever, throw such food a way and always wash your plates immediately after use. Irrua, Nigeria | AFP | Nigeria is battling on two fronts against an unprecedented outbreak of Lassa fever, a cousin of Ebola, that has already killed 110 … Read more via The...

The federal government has debunked a newspaper report stating that the high cost of treating Lassa Fever was responsible for the high mortality rate recorded so far in the country. In a statement issued by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and signed by its Chief Executive Officer...

Lassa fever has claimed 110 lives in Nigeria since the beginning of the year, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said Tuesday, in one of the worst outbreaks since 2016. The World Heath Organisation last week said the epidemic had reached record highs with 317 laboratory confirmed cases and...

Nigeria is facing its worst Lassa fever outbreak on record, with 72 people confirmed to be dead from the virus and 317 infected, according to the World Health Organization. A further 764 are suspected to be infected, and 2,845 contacts have been identified. READ MORE HERE

Nigeria has so far recorded 54 deaths in the seven weeks of the Lassa fever outbreak which hit the country early 2018. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its weekly epidemiological report for week seven, released on Wednesday, disclosed that a total of … Read more via Premium...

by ANTHONIA OBOKOH | February 27, 2018 2:55 pm More hits as Lassa fever has continued to spread in Nigeria with 1081 suspected cases and 90 deaths in 18 states according to a press statement released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) … Read more via BusinessDay : News you can...

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said the current outbreak of Lassa fever has affected 15 states with 105 laboratory confirmed cases, three probable cases and 31 deaths. Read more via TODAY.NG – http://ift.tt/2EmkNdp Get More Nigeria Metro News

File Photo Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has confirmed the outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state, saying laboratory tests have confirmed a total of 36 cases, including 9 deaths. Akeredolu, who made the revelation in Akure during a live broadcast on Saturday night, said a total …...

Delta State has recorded a fresh outbreak of Lassa Fever with four persons said to be hospitalized and one confirmed dead, SaharaReporters has learned. According to a source, at the State Ministry of Health, Asaba, two out of the five confirmed cases of Lassa Fever disease were brought to the …...

Simon Utebor, Yenagoa The Commissioner for Health in Bayelsa State, Prof. Ebitimitula Etebu, has warned that nobody, irrespective of age, is immune to Lassa fever. The commissioner, who was represented by an official in his ministry, Dr. Yorin Stow, said this during a briefing held in Yenagoa...

The Ebonyi Government, on Saturday, blamed the Federal Government for its poor response to the Lassa fever outbreak, which was reported in the state since Jan. 14. Gov. David Umahi, made this disclosure in Abakaliki while receiving Prof. Isaac Adewole, the Minister of Health during his visit to...

Regarding the Lassa fever outbreak update issued by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in Abuja: “as at January 21, 2018, the total number of confirmed cases is 61, with 16 deaths recorded,” three of which were recorded in Ebonyi state alone and three also in Imo State. It … via...