The Communications Assistant, NCDC, Chimezie Anueyiagu, made the revelation while presenting the situation report on the disease at the Media and Civil Society Organisation Advocacy meeting on Lassa fever in Abuja.
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The Ministry of Health in Edo on Friday advised residents to kill rodents to prevent the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state.
Dr Isioma Okoba, Chairman of the State’s Primary Health Development Agency, made the disclosure at a media briefing on Monday in Asaba.
The President of NUF, Augustine Chukwudum, gave the advice while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on the rise of environmental borne diseases in the state.
The Enugu State Government on Tuesday urged residents not to panic or entertain any fear due to the confirmed case of Lassa fever death.
The Enugu State Government on Monday confirmed the death of one person from Lassa fever in a health facility within Enugu metropolis.
The victim, said to be in his 30s and married with a child, works at the clinic, but lives with his family at Upper Sakponba area of Benin whenever he was off duty.
According to a statement issued by WHO’s Communication Officer, Charity Warigon, in Abuja on Friday, continued vigilance is, however, needed as the country is still Lassa fever endemic.
The minister said this on his Twitter handle @IsaacFAdewole.
WHO in its “Emergency Report”, said that in March, less than 20 cases were reported each week and only five new cases reported in the week ending April 15.
Dr Humphrey Okoroukwu, the Director of Public Health in Health and Human Services Secretariat in FCT disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
Atiku who spoke to newsmen in Yola on Tuesday said that the reported case of 81 people placed under quarantine in the state by some media was misrepresentation of fact.
The Information Officer of the ministry, Abubakar Muhammed, made the disclosure in Yola on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
MSF also called Doctors without Borders disclosed that 101 persons were confirmed dead of the disease of the 146 total deaths recorded since the outbreak in the country.
Dr Ifeanyi Agujiobi, the Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Health, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Enugu.
Okiyi, who made the disclosure in a statement in Umuahia on Monday, said that the government and the hospital management had swung into action to check the spread of the disease.
Hassan made this known while briefing newsmen at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, during her visit to the cholera quarantine ward.
Dr Humphrey Okoroukwu, the Director of Public Health in the Health and Human Services Secretariat in FCT, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja.
The state Commissioner for Environment, Chief Donatus Njoku, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abakaliki that the government would explore all avenues to dissuade the citizens from consuming rats.
The statement said: “For the Lassa fever response, 271 are involved in active case search, 235 in contact tracing and 320 in community sensitisation activities in the 18 states active states.”