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NCDC: Ondo, Edo, Bauchi Lead As Lassa Fever Kills 159 Nigerians Since January

Lassa Fever Outbreak
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said that the death toll of Lassa fever in the country has risen to 159 between January and June 2022. This came asRead More

New Study Explains Why Africa Defied Dire Predictions To Survive Deadly COVID-19

COVID-19
Experience in managing previous infectious diseases like Ebola, Tuberculosis, Lassa fever comes handy Timely lockdown, early surveillance, contact tracing at airports help Exposure to similar viruses in the past mayRead More

We’re Under Pressure To Announce False Coronavirus Case – Kogi

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello
The Kogi State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Saka Haruna, has said the state is under unecessary pressure to declare that it has COVID-19 cases where there is none. The healthRead More

Gov. Umahi Begs Journalists, Says Feud Not Intentional

The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 begged journalists in the state, saying the disagreement between him and them was not intentional. Umahi, who described the issueRead More

Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Lassa Fever Kills 188 Nigerians

Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire
Lassa fever has killed a total of one hundred and eighty eight (188) people in Nigeria this year, as the country struggles to contain coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This is comingRead More

27 Confirmed Cases Of Lassa Fever Recorded In Kogi

Lassa Fever Outbreak
The Kogi chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), on Thursday, March 26th, 2020 said twenty seven (27) confirmed cases of Lassa fever disease from nine local government areas ofRead More

103 People Killed By Lassa Fever In 16 Nigerian States

Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday, February 19th, 2020, disclosed that Lassa fever has killed one hundred and three (103) people, since the beginning of its currentRead More

Bauchi State Confirms Three cases Of Lassa Fever

Lassa fever outbreak in Bauchi State
In the recent outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria, Bauchi State has recorded three new cases. Recall that Edo State has recorded seventy six (76) confirmed cases of the deadlyRead More

Lassa Fever: Dr. Nma Halliday, MD, Says Early Diagnosis And Treatment Increase Chances Of Survival

Dr. Nma Halliday, MD
A medical doctor, writer, health educator and advocate, Dr. Nma Halliday, MD, has said in the early hours of today, Saturday, January 25, 2020, that early diagnosis and treatment ofRead More

76 People In Edo State Test Positive For Lassa Fever

Lassa fever
Following a test carried out by medical personnel in Edo State on one hundred and seventy five (175) suspected cases of Lassa fever, seventy six (76) people tested positive forRead More