Nigeria’s death toll from Lassa fever has risen to 127 after four more infected patients lost the battle to the disease.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, disclosed this in its
latest situation report on the management of the outbreak of the disease
in the country.
Nigeria has confirmed a total of 681 infections out of the 3,542
suspected cases reported from 92 local government areas across 23
states since the beginning of the year.
The Lassa virus is transmitted by infected multi-mammate rats and
humans become infected from direct contact with the urine and faeces of
the rat carrying the virus.
