The Lassa fever is transmitted by rodents, which is bad news around here because rats are found in all our bushes and in most of our homes. It is transmitted through contact with items or surfaces contaminated with urine, faeces, saliva or blood of infected rats. Even worse, it can also be transmitted from person-to-person through contact with blood, urine, faeces and other body fluids of an infected person.
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Lassa fever: 29 dead, 195 cases confirmed – Daily TrustAt least 29 people have been killed while 195 people have tested positive for Lassa fever in the ongoing outbreak that has spread across 11 states, with Ogun, Kaduna and Borno reporting single deaths since Friday. We need to do something about this killer-lassa fever before people start dying in hundreds.
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Lassa fever: Casualties hit 29,195 cases confirmed – Daily TrustSpreads to Kaduna At least, 29 people have been killed and while 195 people have tested positive for Lassa fever following the outbreak of the epidemic which has spread to about 11 states, with Ogun, Kaduna and Borno reporting single deaths since Friday. This is as the Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control has activated a … NCDCgov Avoid drinking Garri NCDCgov It’s highly infectious & dreadful it must be declared epidemic because of its dreadfulness! Emergency hospital must be sets up & be visible at all Centers and serious campaigns 4 awareness to curb the continual spread of this menace. May Allah protect us
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Ogun: FMC backtracks, says Lassa fever patient not dead – Daily TrustThe Management of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi – Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State on Sunday gave a volte-face refutal over a Lassa fever patient, Mrs Titilayo Akinsola, who was earlier reported dead. The hospital said the only death recorded at the facility “was that of a man who died of Dengue fever.” Daily Trust … 😂
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Kogi confirms 3 cases of Lassa fever, 1 death – Daily TrustKogi state government has confirmed that three people have tested positive to Lassa fever with one death in the state. Always taking first in bad things.
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3 cases of Lassa fever in Kogi, 1 dead – Daily TrustKogi State government has confirmed that three people have tested positive to Lassa fever with one death in the state. This was disclosed by the state’s epidemiologist, Dr. Ojotule Austin, after an emergency meeting with stakeholders in the health and related sectors to fashion out ways of combating the deadly disease. He disclosed that seven … Which part of the state and what is the state? What is the State and Federal Government doing about protecting others?
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Sokoto on high Lassa fever alert – Daily TrustSokoto State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Ali Inname on Friday said the state is on high alert over the resurfacing of Lassa fever in some parts of the country. Speaking to Daily Trust, he said the state was well prepared and had deployed experts to sensitise people on what needs to be done to prevent …
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