lassa fever

A medical doctor and three others have reportedly died of Lassa fever in Anambra state. This was disclosed in a one-day Lassa fever training workshop organized by the state Ministry of Health. A resource person in the workshop, Dr Jane Ezeonu confirmed that the medical doctor died at the...

A fresh outbreak of Lassa Fever in Bauchi state has killed three persons while 10 members of a family are currently infected with the virus.. According to the Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Ibrahim Gamawa, 10 new cases were recorded in a single family...

Prof. Dennis Agbonlahor, a member of the National Committee on the Control of Lassa fever, says the virus had killed more than 100,000 Nigerians since the discovery of the virus in the country, calling for more funding and political will to combat the scourge. Agbonlahor said this while...

The number of deaths from Lassa Fever in Nigeria has risen to 101. According to Nigeria Centre for Disease (NCDC) statistics, reported cases of the haemorrhagic disease -- both confirmed and suspected -- stood at 175 with a total of 101 deaths since August. "As at today, 19 (including Abuja)...

A 27-year-old lady has died of Lassa fever at the Ijede General Hospital in Lagos. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, confirmed that the patient who had received treatment from a private hospital and three churches before she was referred to the general hospital where she...

The Chairman of the Nasarawa state Rapid Response Task Force from the Ministry of Health, Dr. Ibrahim Adamu, has confirmed the death of a male nurse at Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia, who treated the index case of Lassa fever outbreak in the state. Adamu, while disclosing this to...

Ministry of health in Lagos state has revealed that 438 persons are being monitored across the state as a result of the outbreak of Lassa Fever. The commissioner of health, Dr. Jide Idris disclosed this at a press conference last Friday. He said the state had recorded its first casualty and...

The Lagos State government authorities have confirmed the death of one of the three cases of Lassa Fever in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris the dead victim was expected to be buried later on Friday, and that the State has recorded 14 suspected cases of Lassa Fever...

The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, gave an assurance on Wednesday while addressing State House correspondents that the federal government will curtail the resurgence of Lassa fever this year. Adewole said: "We are committed to signing the obituary of the Lassa fever this year"...

The Federal Government has promised to eradicate Lassa fever from Nigeria by April this year. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, expressed optimism that the disease would be eradicated in April while speaking PUNCH and also confirmed that it had placed the family that was visited by a...

Photo Credit: Wikimedia The rat chiefly responsible for spreading the Lassa virus is called “multimammate rat” due to the female’s multiple and prominent mammary glands. (just like the many tips of local street dogs after delivery). It's botanical name is mastomys natalensis.

A male patient who tested positive to the Lassa Fever virus according to disease was reported to have escaped from a hospital in Ebonyi state to an unknown destination. Nigeria's Health Minister, Prof Isaac Adewole expressed dismay concerning the situation. He stated that the patient could not...

Health officials in Niger, Kano and Bauchi states are partly responsible for the spread of Lassa Fever, a deadly hemorrhaging virus to other areas of Nigeria, Thisday reports. The virus may have spread from Bauchi, Kano and Niger States to about eleven states, including Abuja because of...

The Senator representing Anambra North, Stella Oduah, has cautioned Nigerians to be careful and be alert over the fast spreading Lassa Fever in the country. She urged Nigerians to imbibe the culture of maintaining a clean environment to avoid further spread of the Lassa Fever as already...

The Federal Government is set to convene an Emergency National Council on Health meeting tomorrow to discuss the on-going Lassa fever outbreak in the country. A statement issued by the Director, Media /Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Health, Mrs. Boade Akinola, the Minister of...

Lassa fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever which has been endemic in the West African subcontinent since it was first discovered in 1969 in a town called Lassa in Borno state. It reportedly affects about 500000 persons in this region on an annual basis, leading to an estimated 5000 deaths. In...

The Lagos State council of the Medical and Health Workers Union on Saturday, said that it would embark on public enlightenment to discourage drinking of garri for now to prevent Lassa fever. Mr Razak Adeofalade, Chairman of the union, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Kano State on Saturday stressed the need for Nigerians to be enlightened to prevent the spread of Lassa Fever in the country. Olayinka Olawore, the NOA Public Relations Officer in the state, said in a statement in Kano that currently, available...

There is tension and fear at the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital, in Port Harcourt, following the death of a doctor suspected to have contracted the deadly Lassa fever disease from a patient. There is widespread panic and fear that other doctors, nurses and other medicare providers in...

The Lagos State government, in the alert issued through the Ministry of Health and signed by the Commissioner, Dr Jide Idris, had stated that, “For prevention and control of Lassa fever, the general public is urged to avoid contact between rats and human beings; observe good personal hygiene...