Tag: Lassa fever
Kogi to inaugurate Squadron on Coronavirus
The Kogi State Government has constituted a Squadron to help tackle Coronavirus and Lassa Fever to ensure the prevention and…
Lagos begins mass deratisation of public places against Lassa Fever
Lagos State Government said it will on Friday begin an eight-week massive deratisation and fumigation of no fewer than 27…
Coronavirus, Lassa fever: Ikorodu LG sensitises residents
Ikorodu Local Government in Lagos State has embarked on sensitisation campaign for residents to maintain good hygiene in order to…
Coronavirus/Lassa fever: Zamfara takes sensitisation to to public places
The Zamfara Ministry of Health has embarked on a sensitisation campaign to public places as part of its measures to…
Coronavirus: Red Cross mobilises 80,000 volunteers
The Nigerian Red Cross Society, Lagos Branch, says it has mobilised over 80,000 volunteers in the state for social mobilisation…
Lassa fever: Kaduna confirms new case
The Kaduna State Ministry of Health on Saturday said it has recorded successfully treated two Lassa fever victims out of…
Lassa Fever: EU gives Nigeria N32m aid
The European Union has announced a donation of 80,000 Euros (N32 million), in humanitarian aid to assist families affected by…
Lassa Fever update: Lagos monitoring 63 contacts
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday disclosed that 63 people who had contacts with the Lassa Fever patient in the…
Danger: Deadly Lassa Fever hits Lagos again
The deadly Lassa Fever has hit Lagos State again, as a case has been recorded, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Akin…
Lagos confirms first Lassa fever case
Commissioner for Health Prof. Akin Abayomi has called for calm and not panic as Lagos State recorded a case of…
Lassa fever: Delta lauds FG’s intervention
The Delta Government has lauded the Federal Government for its prompt response in containing the spread of Lassa fever in…
Lassa fever: FUTA health center debunks social media report
The Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) says there is no Lassa fever patient in its health centre contrary to…
Lassa fever kills four in Kogi
The Kogi State Ministry of Health has confirmed nine cases of Lassa fever with four deaths recorded since the outbreak…
Lassa fever: Enugu begins massive sensitization
The Enugu State Government has commenced massive sensitisation step-down on Lassa fever in the 17 local government areas (LGAs) of…
Lassa Fever strikes three dead in Rivers
The Rivers State Government has confirmed three persons dead in an outbreak Lassa Fever in the State.
Lassa fever: Ogun Speaker calls for cleaner environment, personal hygiene
Mr Olakunle Oluomo, the Speaker, Ogun State House of Assembly has called on the people of the state, to prevent…
Lassa Fever: 3 discharged in Adamawa
Three of the four people admitted over suspected Lassa fever in Adamawa have been discharged after testing negative.
Lassa Fever hits Osun state, kills 2
Osun State has recorded two cases of Lassa mammarenavirus.
Lassa Fever hits Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State Government has confirmed an outbreak of Lassa fever in the state.
How Nigeria can win battle against Lassa Fever, Coronavirus – Atiku
Nigeria's former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has proffer solution how Nigeria can win the battle against raging Lassa Fever in…
One dead as Lassa fever hits Kogi
In the last one week, the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, has recorded five suspected cases of Lassa fever. Out of…
Lassa Fever: FMC Lokoja confirms 3 cases, 1 death
The Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Lokoja in Kogi, has confirmed three cases of Lassa fever with one recorded death at…
Lassa Fever uproar in Enugu, 178 on watchlist
Enugu State Government has urged residents of the state to remain calm even as it dispelled rumour that one of…
Kaduna govt confirms Lassa outbreak
The Ministry of Health has confirmed a case of Lassa fever in a young male from Chikun LGA, in Kaduna…
Curtailing the resurgence of Lassa Fever
There are conflicting reports on the actual number of newly confirmed cases of Lassa fever in the country. While a…
Lassa Fever hits Rivers
The Rivers State Government says it has received four suspected cases of Lassa Fever have been reported in the State.
Plateau records 5 new cases of Lassa fever
The Plateau Commissioner of Health, Dr. Nimkong Ndam, has confirmed five cases of Lassa fever in the state.
Lassa fever: Expert calls for increased awareness
An Abuja based Public Health Expert, Dr Gabriel Adakole, has tasked the Federal Government on sensitisation of rural dwellers on…
Lassa fever: EHOAN wants screening centers to curtail spread
Dr Samuel Akingbehin, the National President of Environmental Health Officers Association of Nigeria (EHOAN), on Thursday, advised state governments to…
Deadly Lassa Fever wipes out 16 lives in Ondo
Raging Lassa Fever in Ondo State has killed 16 people in Akoko area, with 45 others affected by the deadly…