With the increasing cases of Lassa fever reported across the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has activated a National Emergency Operations Centre to coordinate response activities.
These cases, according to the disease centre, are spread across 30 Local Government Areas in the 11 states.NCDC in a statement signed by its director-general, Ifedayo Adetifa, and published on Wednesday, said the centre will aid response to Lassa fever outbreak in some parts of the country. Early symptoms are fever, headache, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, sore throat, etc. In very severe cases, the patient bleeds from body openings.
Other measures according to the agency are “covering dustbins and disposing of refuse properly, storing foodstuff like rice, garri, beans, corn/maize, etc in containers that are well covered with tight-fitting lids, avoiding drying foodstuffs outside on the floor, avoid bush burning which can lead to the displacement of rats from bushes to human dwellings.
Mr Adetifa said the NCDC has continued to deploy Rapid Response Teams as required to states to support and strengthen their response efforts.
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