Tag: Lassa fever
Lassa fever: Resident Doctors demand improved rapid response
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has called on government to improve existing response mechanism to ensure rapid response…
Lassa Fever: 92 people under watch in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says 92 people who had contact with the Lassa fever patients are currently being…
National Hospital designates isolation wards for Lassa fever management
The National Hospital, Abuja (NHA) says the hospital has designated isolation wards for the management of suspected Lassa fever outbreak…
Lassa Fever hits Lagos, patient quarantined in LUTH
Kazeem Ugbodaga The dreaded Lassa Fever that has killed over 40 people in the country has hit Lagos, with the…
Lassa fever kills doctor in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Panic gripped doctors, nurses, medical personnel and patients of the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital, old GRA, Port…
Lassa fever: Rivers Govt. to fumigate densely populated settlements
Following reported cases of Lassa fever in some parts of the country, Rivers Government says it will soon fumigate densely…
No Lassa fever in Oyo State -Medical experts
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Medical experts in Oyo have joined their voices with the Oyo State Government to isolate the state from…
Lassa fever kills one in Abuja
The dreaded Lassa fever which has been ravaging some parts of the country has landed in Abuja as Professor Isaac…
Lassa Fever claims one life in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state Ministry of Health Monday announced that Lassa fever has claimed its first casualty in its latest…
COMBATING LASSA FEVER OUTBREAK
BILKIS BAKARE With the trend of things now, the fear of Lassa fever seems to be the beginning of wisdom.…
No case of Lassa fever in Bauchi State
The Permanent Secretary, Bauchi State Ministry of Health, Dr Saidu Gital, said on Sunday that no case of Lassa fever…
Lassa Fever: Ogun takes delivery of vaccine soon
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Government has disclosed that it would soon take delivery of vaccine that cure lassa fever,…
Lassa fever has killed 35 people in 7 states – Health Minister
Nigeria’s health minister is urging Nigerians not to panic over an outbreak of Lassa fever that has killed 35 people…
Lagos alerts public on Lassa Fever
Kazeem Ugbodaga \ The Lagos State Government has alerted the public on the outbreak of the deadly Lassa Fever in…
Lassa Fever: Over 60 persons placed under observation in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has placed placed under close medical observation 60 persons who had direct contact with…
Lassa Fever outbreak in Rivers, two confirmed dead
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt wike Rivers State Government has just confirmed the outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state, which has…
Lassa fever ‘kills one’ in Nigeria
At least one person has died and two others quarantined following the outbreak of Lassa fever in the north-eastern Nigerian…
Oyo State Confirms Outbreak Of Lassa Fever
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, has confirmed the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state…
2 Die Of Lassa Fever In Plateau
Lassa fever has claimed the lives of two persons in Plateau, while two others are on admission, Dr. Fom Dakwak,…
Lassa Fever: Fumigators, Pest Control Hawkers Make Brisk Business
Hawkers of pest control substances and environment fumigators are making brisk business in Lagos as residents take precautionary measures against…
Reflections On Lassa Fever —Isaac Asabor
There was a time when some educated and seemingly enlightened Nigerians would dismiss the issue of Lassa Fever with a…
Lassa Fever: Lagos Assembly Calls For Public Enlightenment
The Lagos State House of Assembly has called on the Ministry of Information and Strategy as well as the Ministry…
Lassa Fever Kills 40 in Nigeria
An outbreak of Lassa fever has killed 40 people and infected dozens of others in a third of Nigeria’s 36…
Lassa Fever Kills 40 In Nigeria – Minister
An outbreak of Lassa fever, an acute haemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus, has killed 40 people in 12…