Tag: Yellow Fever
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Yellow Fever: NCDC reports 14 deaths in 10 states
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded 14 deaths in 10 states from suspected cases of yellow fever from January to July 2022. The NCDC made this known via its official website on Sunday. It listed the affected states as Abia -one, Bayelsa -one, Benue- one, Imo- one, Kaduna- one, Katsina…
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BREAKING: Yellow fever outbreak spreads to three Enugu LGAs
There was tension in Enugu State on Monday following the report of a suspected Yellow Fever outbreak in three more local government areas of the state. Enugu State had been fighting to curb the outbreak of the disease in two communities of Ette Uno and Umuopu in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state,…
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Yellow fever ravages Bauchi LG, eight die, eight others hospitalised
The Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BSPHCDA) says that an outbreak of yellow fever has occurred in Ganjuwa Local Government Areas (LGA) of Bauchi State with eight deaths and eight samples testing positive. The Chairman of the agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, stated this while briefing newsmen in Bauch on Monday. “Our polio team were…
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Yellow Fever cause of alleged unusual deaths in Enugu Ezike – Enugu govt
The Enugu State Government has confirmed that Yellow Fever is the cause of deaths from a reported strange illness in Ette Uno and Umuopu communities of Enugu Ezike town in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state. A statement by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Emmanuel Ikechukwu Obi, stated that the disease was…
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BREAKING: Govt unravels cause of strange deaths in Delta State
The Delta State Government says it has identified a reason for the strange deaths in Ute-Okpu, Ute-Erumu and Idumesa communities in Ika North East Local Government Area of the State. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Mordi Ononye made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on Friday. Recall that over 30 youths between…
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Nigeria confirms outbreak of yellow fever in Bauchi
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday confirmed an outbreak of yellow fever in Bauchi State. Three cases were recorded in Alkaleri Local Government Area (LGA) of the state and the fourth case is a tourist from Kano State who visited the Yankari Games Reserve in the same LGA in Bauchi State. The…
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Nine dead as FG confirms Yellow Fever outbreak in Kwara, Nasarawa, five other states
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, in its 2018 report has confirmed the outbreak of Yellow Fever in seven Nigerian states with over nine deaths so far. The NCDC in its situation report released for the first epidemiological week in 2018 said the ailment has so far been confirmed in 12 local government areas…
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What we are doing to tackle spread of yellow fever – FG
The Federal Government on Tuesday expressed its readiness to contain further spread of yellow fever in the country. The Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, said this in a statement he issued in Abuja. He also said that the government would also limit the impact of the killer ailment. Ihekweazu…
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FG confirms outbreak of Yellow Fever disease in Kwara
The Federal Government has confirmed a new case of yellow fever in Oke Owa in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. In a press statement released on Monday, the ministry said the case was confirmed in a young girl from the community after a laboratory diagnosis at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital at the…