The Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency on Friday confirmed three new cases of Lassa fever in the state. The Executive Secretary of the Agency,...
Five cases of Lassa fever have been confirmed by the Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Dr Nimkong Ndam in the state. Ndam while addressing newsmen, said...
The first case of Lassa fever death has been recorded in Borno state after recent cases in Kano, Ondo and Ebonyi states. Dr Salisu Kwaya-Bura, the...
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum Chairman and Governor of Ekiti, Mr Kayode Fayemi has revealed, that states are working with the Federal Ministry of Health and other...
At least 19 persons have died in fresh Lassa fever outbreaks in Kano and Ondo States in the last few weeks, officials said. Three people have...
Sixteen people in Ondo state have been confirmed dead as a result of Lassa fever outbreak. Confirming the incident, the State Chief Epidemiologist, Dr Steven Fagbemi...
One person has died of Lassa fever in Olokoro community, Umuahia South local government area of Abia State. The Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Friday directed the immediate closure of a hospital where patients suffering from the deadly lasso fever disease were being diagnosed...
An outbreak of Lassa fever in Sierra Leone has forced the British government to send three of its nationals back home after they came in contact...
The death of five persons have been confirmed in Benue State from the outbreak of Lassa fever. This was confirmed by the Program Officer, Risk Communication...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that 16 new cases of Lassa fever have been confirmed from five states in the country, while the...
Despite efforts to combat the Lassa hemorrhagic Fever in the country, 28 fresh cases have been recorded in Plateau State with 10 deaths. Plateau Commissioner for...
The Ondo State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria on Sunday expressed concerns over the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. The association urged...
At least 42 persons are said to have been killed by a fresh outbreak of Lassa fever within the first 27 days of the year. A...
An outbreak of Lassa fever in the eastern state of Ebonyi has claimed the lives of no less than two victims. That much information was revealed...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the outbreak of 60 new cases of Lassa fever across eight states in the country. Dr. Chikwe...
After 50 years of the first case of Lassa fever in Nigeria, the country is set to host the first Lassa fever international conference. This was...
The federal government says drugs and treatment for Lassa fever across Nigeria are free. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...
The death toll from the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria since the beginning of the year has now risen to 110, the Nigeria Centre for Disease...
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the death of 90 persons from Lassa fever. The situation report from NCDC for week eight, released...
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that the number of recorded Lassa fever cases...
The United Kingdom Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST), a joint run effort of Public Health England and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,...
Lassa fever has continued to spread in Nigeria with 913 suspected cases and 73 deaths in 17 states this year with Edo and Ondo bearing 75...
Two pregnant women and another victim have been lost to the dreaded Lassa fever so says the Benue State Commissioner for Health and Human Resources, Dr....
The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, Monday blamed poor preparation by state governments for the current spread of Lassa fever and other public health challenges in...
There is palpable anxiety in Ondo State, as the governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) has revealed that no less than nine deaths and 102 cases of Lassa...
The outbreak of Lassa fever ravaging the country, has spread to fourteen states. The affected states are Edo, Ondo, Ebonyi, Nasarawa, Imo, Kogi, Bauchi, Anambra, Benue,...
The Federal Government has acknowledged that it did not “respond appropriately” to the outbreak of Lassa fever in Ebonyi State. The disease claimed the lives of...
Three days after a doctor identified as Idowu Ahmed, was taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Irrua in Edo State for laboratory analysis where he unfortunately...
A seven-month-old baby has died following a fresh outbreak of Lassa fever in Kogi State with reports also revealing that the doctor who treated the baby...
Lassa fever outbreak in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, has claimed some healthcare providers at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (FETHA). Sources said that two doctors and a...
A second case of Lassa fever was confirmed Wednesday by the Kwara State Government in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. While briefing the...
The Chief Medical Director of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Prof. Chris Bode, has said that besides the three persons under surveillance that tested positive to...
Three out of the one hundred health workers that were placed under surveillance after reportedly having contact with a pregnant woman who died of Lassa fever...
Two patients have been confirmed killed by Lassa fever at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital (LUTH). The chief medical director of the hospital, Chris Bode, stated...
The acute viral haemorrhagic illness generally know as Lassa fever has reared its ugly head again in Borno State. It is transmitted to humans via consumption...
The Lagos State Government in collaboration with a Lagos-based company, Phosguard Fumigant Ltd., a Non-Governmental Organisation are launching a campaign where residents will be paid for...
The 36 governors of the federation have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately declare the current economic recession in the country as a national emergency....
Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole The Federal Government has advised states to strengthen surveillance and response mechanism to polio, Lassa fever and other diseases...
Following the fresh outbreak of Lassa Fever in Plateau State, the state government has put measures in place to contain the spread of the disease. Consequently,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed five more cases of Lassa fever across four states in the last 11 days. Two cases were reported...
A fresh case of Lassa fever, has been recorded in Asaba, Delta State capital, after the death of a doctor owing to the deadly disease. The...
The demise of a male patient who died of Lassa fever at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State has forced authorities at the hospital...
By Reuben Abati . . . “See what your friends are writing” “Who?” “Your fellow columnists. See how they are attacking the Minister of Interior, General...
Amidst growing anxiety, the Federal Government on Tuesday, confirmed that the outbreak of Lassa Fever is currently ravaging 64 local government areas in the country. According...
A 33 year-old newly married man (name withheld) who lived in Jos, Plateau State but travelled to see family members in Kubwa, Abuja has been recorded...
The federal government has raised the alert level, and moved to stem the spread of Lassa Fever especially in Ondo, Oyo and Nassarawa states by earmarking...
An outbreak of Lassa fever in Taraba has been recorded after the state Commissioner of Health, Innocent Vakkai revealed that at least one person has been...
