Tag: Lassa Fever
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Lassa Fever: Nigeria records six new deaths as confirmed cases increase
Nigeria has registered an upsurge in the number of Lassa Fever cases since the beginning of the year, with 365 positive cases and 47 deaths reported from 23 states across the country. According to week five situation report on the disease released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday, the number of…
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Kaduna Govt confirms 2nd case of Lassa fever
The Kaduna State Ministry of Health has confirmed a fresh case of Lassa fever in a 34-year old man in mml Kajuru Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Health, Dr Amina Mohammed-Baloni, confirmed the case in a statement on Saturday in Kaduna. Baloni disclosed that the state had so far recorded 23…
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‘Journalism is no crime, FCT Minister, Police should retract stance on arrested journalists’
Five staff of TheNigerian News Group working in one of the platforms, Television Nigerian, Pricilla Ajeshola, Jacob Orji, Abayomi Adedoyin, Peggy Shande and David Gold Enemingin were on Friday arrested, detained and paraded by the FCT Police Command on Saturday on the instruction of the Honourable Minister of the Federal Capital Territory as persons attempting…
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Fear grips UNIZIK as student becomes first Lassa fever victim
A student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University(UNIZIK) has been confirmed as the first Lassa fever patient in Anambra State. The Emergency Response team, which has been observing situation in the state, has moved the victim to Abakaliki, Ebonyi state after necessary sanitization. The Lassa fever case from Unizik was confirmed at the Chukwukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University…
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No case of Lassa Fever in Ekiti – Commissioner
The Ekiti government on Thursday dismissed speculations in some quarters that the state might have recorded cases of Lassa Fever. The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, who addressed newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, however, said the state was ready for any outbreak. She gave an assurance that all primary health facilities, specialist and…
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JUST IN: Lassa Fever kills three in Rivers
The Rivers State Government has confirmed three persons dead in an outbreak Lassa Fever in the State. The Acting Permanent Secretary ,Ministry of Health, Dr Chinwe Atata, confirmed this on Wednesday during a press briefing to give an update on the status of the disease in the State. She told newsmen in Port Harcourt that…
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How Lassa fever killed my brother- Lawan tells court
Former-chairman of the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee that investigated the fuel subsidy regime in 2012, Farouk Lawan, told the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Apo, Abuja, on Tuesday, that his first defence witness’ brother in his ongoing bribery case was murdered by Lassa fever in Kano on Sunday. Lawan gave…
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Lassa Fever hits Osun state, kills 2
This development was confirmed by the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu and the Special Adviser to the governor on Public Health, Dr. Olasiji Olamiju. The cabinet members who spoke to newsmen in Osogbo, said adequate measures have been put in place to contain the spread of the deadly disease. Isamotu stated that all…