The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, says the Lassa fever
epidemic has claimed 63 lives out of 212 reported from 62 local
government areas in affected states. Speaking at the emergency National
Council of Health meeting in Abuja yesterday January 19th, The Minister
listed the 17 affected states as Bauchi, Niger, Taraba, Kano, Rivers,
Oyo, Ondo, Edo, Plateau, Gombe, Nasarawa, Lagos, Delta, Ekiti, Ebonyi,
Zamfara, Kogi as well as the FCT.
He said there is high level of denial and conspiracy
across some states and appealed to health managers to stop the trend of
being silent and deceiving their state government. He described the
denial of Ebonyi to report five suspected cases and one death as
conspiracy of denial.
Adewole added that intensive efforts are being made to stop the spread
of the deadly virus. He announced that six of the most affected states
will have Lassa fever diagnostic centres. They are Niger, Nasarawa,
Taraba, Plateau, Bauchi and Ondo states.
This is in addition to the six existing Lassa fever treatment centres
namely Irrua, Edo; University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri,
Borno; Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital Kano, Lagos University Teaching
Hospital (LUTH), University College Hospital Ibadan, and the National
Centre for Disease Control, Asokoro, Abuja.
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