•Lagos confirms first case of Lasa fever for 2020, quarantines 63
The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who made the confirmation yesterday at a press conference in Ikeja, assured residents that the situation was under control, adding that that the state government in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control was doing everything possible to control the spread of the ailment.
The minister told The Guardian yesterday: “Everywhere is vulnerable to Coronavirus. Nigeria is even more prepared than some countries. We are doing our best. There is no change in what we are doing to contain a possible outbreak of Coronavirus in the country. On the implication of the Lagos news, the Director General of NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said: “It is just one case. We have more than 500 cases across the nation. There is no implication. It is not Ebola. It is not the first case. It is just the first case in Lagos this year. Nigeria is endemic to Lassa fever. As far as there are rats in the environment.
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