The NGF Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the end of the forum’s meeting held on Wednesday night in Abuja.
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The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, denied the report in a statement on Thursday in Abeokuta.
Uchenna Orji, the Ebonyi Commissioner for Information and Orientation, gave the assurance in Abakaliki, while interacting with a team from the National Centre for Disease Control.
The Enugu State Ministry of Health on Thursday said it had deployed protective equipment to protect health care workers in Enugu State Teaching Hospital, Parklane.
Akeredolu emphasised the need for traditional rulers to mobilise their subjects to desist from all causative factors of Lassa Fever in their environments
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ibrahim Tsanyawa, made the confirmation on Wednesday at an emergency press conference in Kano.
Fagbemi said this in Akure during a meeting between Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and major stakeholders, including the local government chairmen in Ondo North and Ondo Central Senatorial Districts, on how to contain the spread of the disease in the state.
The Kano State Ministry of Health says it has not confirmed suspected cases of Lassa fever reported at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital on Tuesday.
The Director of Public Health, Enugu State, Dr. Boniface Okolo, has cautioned Nigerians against the consumption of soaked garri to avoid contacting Lassa fever.
Since the recent resurgence of Lassa Fever in some parts of Ebonyi State late December 2019, following the death of one Ephraim Ogaranya in Ndubia Igbeagu in Izzi Local Government Area, the State Government has not rested on its oars in ensuring that the scourge is contained.
The order is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abakaliki by Francis Nwaze, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media.
The National Centre for Disease Control, which confirmed the death, noted that 21 suspected cases of Lassa fever were received from the state, out of which eight were confirmed, while five have died.
Dr. Nuhu Ville, State Epidemiologist, Ministry of Health, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the cases were discovered from 39 samples subjected to laboratory test during the period under review
The Niger Delta Development Commission has donated three ambulances, protective kits and drugs to the Ondo Government to fight outbreak of Lassa fever in the state.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday announced the end of the emergency phase of Lassa fever outbreak in the country.
The Kogi Government has confirmed four cases of Lassa fever in the 2019 outbreak of the disease in the state.
The Federal Government is introducing a funding mechanism to carter for patients with confirmed cases of Lassa Fever in the country, the Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says it has confirmed 16 new cases of Lassa fever from five states in Nigeria.
Gombe State Government says it has commenced a sensitisation programme targeted to reach 98 per cent of parents on measures aimed at addressing menace of Lassa fever in the state.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday has confirmed 15 new cases of Lassa fever from six states in Nigeria.