Healthcare workers at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Azare, Bauchi State, have grown worried for their lives after the COVID-19 treatment centre was set up there even after two doctors...
A Nigerian doctor has reportedly died of Lassa fever. The deceased identified as Dzuana Vanen Philip got admitted into Benue State University after several years of applying for Medicine and...
A Nigerian Professor, Maduike Ezeibe has announced that he has discovered a possible cure for the dreaded coronavirus and Lassa fever. The Professor of Virology at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture,...
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that 118 people have died from the recent Lassa Fever outbreak in the country. According to the NCDC, 2633 suspected cases, 689 confirmed cases and...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday, February 19, revealed that 103 people have been killed by Lassa fever since its recent outbreak on December 30, 2019. Late...
4 deaths out of 9 new cases of Lassa Fever have been confirmed by the Kogi State Ministry of Health. In a statement released on Sunday, February 9, the state’s epidemiologist...
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire on Thursday, February 6 announced that the Lassa Fever epidemic has been confirmed in 27 states of the federation. Speaking at the opening...
The Kaduna State Government has confirmed the death of a Lassa fever patient, a week after the death of its first victim. In a statement issued on Saturday, February 1...
A female student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) has been confirmed as the first Lassa Fever Patient in Anambra State. The student was diagnosed with the disease after being transferred from her...
Three people have been confirmed dead in Rivers State in the recent Lassa fever outbreak across the country. Dr Chinwe Atata, the Acting Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Health said they’ve...
Nasarawa state has recorded its first case of Lassa Fever in the recent outbreak ravaging the country. Speaking to newsmen in Lafia on Monday, January 27, the state’s commissioner of...
Taraba State government has confirmed the death of 4 persons in the recent Lassa fever outbreak. The state’s commissioner of health, Dr Innocent Vakkai who confirmed this on Monday, January...
Osun State has recorded two cases of Lassa fever as confirmed by the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu and the Special Adviser to the governor on Public Health,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the casualty figure in the recent Lassa fever outbreak across the country as it activated a National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)...
76 people have tested positive for Lassa fever in Edo State following a test carried out on 175 suspected cases in the state. Edo State commissioner of health, Dr Patrick...
Bauchi State has recorded three new cases in the recent outbreak of Lassa fever across the country. The Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed...
The Kaduna State Ministry of Health has confirmed a case of Lassa fever in a 36-year-old man from Chikun LGA, in Kaduna state. A statement from the state Commissioner of...
Four suspected cases of Lassa fever has been recorded in Rivers State as confirmed by the Acting Permanent Secretary of the state’s Ministry of health, Dr Chinwe Atata. While the...
The recent Lassa fever outbreak has also claimed some lives in Kano State as three people have been confirmed dead while 292 persons who had contact with the late victims of...
Dr Boniface Okolo, the Director of Public Health, Enugu State, has cautioned Nigerians against the consumption of soaked Garri to avoid contacting Lassa fever. Okolo, who gave the warning in...
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