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    Metro PH Doctor Dies After Contracting Lassa Virus From Patient; Panic Grips Hospital Staff

    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...
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    Metro Lassa Fever: Lagos Residents Declare War on Rats

    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...
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    Metro High Alert on Lassa Fever As Govt Confirms 41 Deaths, 93 New Cases

    The Federal Government has disclosed that Lassa fever has claimed 41 lives from 93 reported cases in 10 states of the country even as the Senate has summoned the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, over the outbreak of the disease. With the official records, the Federal Government has also...
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    Metro Senate Summons Minister of Health over Lassa Fever Outbreak

    The Senate during plenary session on Tuesday summnoned the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, to brief it over the outbreak of Lassa fever in 10 states of the federation. The invitation of the minister followed a motion by Senator Olanrewaju Tejuoso (Ogun Central) and five others...
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    Metro Lassa Fever Outbreak: Gov Ortom Bans Eating of Rats in Benue State

    Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has suspended eating of rats in the state. Ortom made a decision after meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa. He has asked its people to suspend eating rats for now in order to curtail the spread of Lassa Fever in the State...
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    Lassa Fever: 7 Things You Should Know About The Deadly Viral Illness

    Lassa fever is one of the lethal viral haemorrhagic fevers, apart from Ebola, Dengue and some others. It's predominantly a disease of West Africa that was first discovered in 1969 in a Nigerian town called Lassa where two missionary nurses died from the disease. Since then, there have been...
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