Lassa Fever Outbreak: 41 Killed In 19 States As Osun Quarantines 76 Suspected Cases - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 6, 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC says there havebeen 365 confirmed cases of Lassa fever and 41 deaths in 19 states.
The Centre’s Director-General Chikwe Ihekweazu said thefatality rate was lower than last year.
He added that in spite of the increase in the number ofconfirmed cases announced on January 26, 2020, which stood at 258 with 41 deathsfrom 19 states, the overall Case Fatality Rate, CFR for 2020 is lower at 12.9per cent compared with the same period in 2019 which was 17.7 per cent.
The Katsina State Executive Director, Primary Health CareDevelopment Agency, Shamsudeen Yahaya said the state has confirmed two cases ofLassa fever and one death. The other victims he said are on admission.
He added that seven samples were collected by the agency;four were reported negative; one is still pending for confirmation, and tworeturned positive.
Also the Osun State government has quarantined 76 personssuspected to be infected with Lassa fever virus in the state. It said resultsof the test conducted on some of the people quarantined came out negative.