Lassa

The Management of the University of Ilorin(UNILORIN) says the institution is doing everything possible to ensure that Lassa fever does not spread to the University campus.Speaking with newsmen on Monday, Dr Abdul-Rasheed Odunola, the…

Three persons have been confirmed dead in Rivers State with the Lassa fever and their bodies already buried at the Port Harcourt city council.Dr Chinwe Atata, the Director State Ministry of Health on Planning  Research and Statistics on…

Researchers have underscored the need of diagnostic testing for Lassa Virus Disease (LVD) in children with fever in endemic areas in Nigeria to facilitate its control, especially in hospitals.In a new study, researchers found that at…

IT felt very disheartening to hear that Lassa fever has ‘resurrected’ in some states of Nigeria. In this 21st century, it is quite embarrassing that for a country that claims to be the giant of Africa, many areas cannot boast of basic…

Doctors in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital have confirmed a case of lassa fever in the state as a patient was said to have been found positive of the disease. The patient, who is from Angwan Kura in the town was said to have visited Federal…

The Rivers ministry of health has confirmed a case of Lassa fever in a private health facility in the state.The commissioner for health, Dr Theophilus Odagme, disclosed to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that the patient had been…

There is palpable tension  in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State, as residents in the city are beginning to place restrictions on certain areas of the town believed to have been invaded by Lassa fever  disease. One of the residents in…

A total of 396 people have been placed on surveillance as a result of the death of an Assistant Chief Nursing Officer, Mrs. Abolanle Adewuyi,  of the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, who reportedly died of Lassa fever. This was disclosed…

Contrary to the report by a national newspaper that the lassa fever victim in Ondo State was sent back to Edo State, Commissioner for Health, Dr Dayo Adeyanju, has debunked such news, saying that he was at Irrua for treatment since that is…

THE Ondo State government on Wednesday said three fresh cases of the virulent and deadly Lassa fever have been identified in two local government areas of the state.Disclosing this after the Disease Surveillance and Notification…