The Federal Government has strengthened activities on environmental health and sanitation response to Lassa fever outbreak in the country.
Minister of State for Environment Sharon IKeazor, made this known in a statement issued by the Press Director of the ministry Saghir el-Mohammed in Abuja.
She explained that the ministry had embarked on environmental health and sanitation response campaign in 11 states to ensure improvement in environmental sanitation, abatement of nuisance, rodent control, and food hygiene and safety. According to her, Nigeria is currently experiencing increasing number of reported Lassa fever cases.
The statement recalled that the most recent situation report from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC on January 16th, 2022, indicated 96 confirmed cases and 11 deaths from 3rd to 16th January, in 27 local government areas in 11 states.
Sharon however noted that before the recent outbreak, the ministry had taken proactive measures to improve the overall sanitation and hygiene situation in the country. She said that the measures were establishment of sanitation desks in all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
