A Medical Researcher, Prof. Rosemary Audu, says a 2018 research study revealed that no fewer than 40 per cent of people with Lassa fever, earlier treated and discharged, were still excreting the virus.
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The Federal University of Technology Akure says there is no Lassa fever patient in its health centre contrary to report being circulated on the social media.
The Osun State Government says it will engage consultants to go round the state to fumigate and get rid of rats and rodents that may cause health hazards, including Lassa fever.
The Plateau State Government has warned Head Teachers and Cooks in the 1,990 schools benefiting from the Schools Feeding Programme in the state to be conscious of Lassa fever outbreak in the country.
The Nigerian Medical Association in Ondo State says its members are not scared of treating Lassa fever patients in the state.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says it is aware of the strange illness in Benue State and is currently investigating to effectively manage the situation.
The Katsina State Primary Healthcare Development Agency has confirmed the death of a 26-year-old pregnant woman who tested positive to Lassa fever in the state.
The Osun State Government has quarantined 76 persons suspected to be infected with Lassa fever virus in the state.
Dr. Ifeanyi Agujiobi, Permanent Secretary, Enugu State Ministry of Health, confirmed the incidence in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Tuesday.
The Kaduna State Ministry of Health has confirmed a fresh case of Lassa fever in a 34-year-old man in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state.
Acting on the orders of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Adamu, the FCT Police Command has arrested, paraded and detained five journalists of the TheNigerian News and TeleVision Nigerian, an online news platform, while performing their lawful duties.
It would be recalled that Lassa fever death came barely one week after the first death from the disease was reported at the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Parklane involving a 75-year-old woman.
In a statement issued on Friday in Awka, the management stated that the patient was brought to the hospital from Nnamdi Azikiwe University Medical Centre.
The Adamawa State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Prof. Abdullahi Isa, made this known Tuesday while giving an update on the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state.
e said the disease could be treated when the patient presented himself early to a health care facility
Musa-Bello made the statement during an emergency meeting of medical experts and senior members of the FCT Administration convened by the Minister.
The Emir, in a statewide broadcast on Monday evening in his palace in Kano, expressed concern over the contagious nature of the disease, charging residents to ensure proper personal and environmental hygiene.
Gana made this disclosure in Gombe on Tuesday while briefing newsmen on the outbreak and spread of the disease in the country.
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources has begun activities to intensify efforts to promote hand washing culture to halt the spread of Lassa fever outbreak in the country.
Ebegba gave the advice in a statement signed by Gloria Ogbaki, Head, Press Unit of the NBMA, in Abuja on Tuesday.