103 die of Lassa fever in 16 states
The figure is from 16 states, namely: Ondo, Edo, Ebonyi, Kano, Kogi, Kaduna, Taraba, Plateau, Bauchi, Enugu, Abia, Benue, Borno, Gombe, Sokoto and Katsina.The report, released yesterday in Abuja, says Edo has the highest burden of confirmed cases at 35 per cent, followed by Ondo at 32 per cent, and Ebonyi at six per cent.
“The number of suspected cases has significantly increased compared to that reported for the same period in 2019.” He said the government, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and the NCDC, was working to stem the spread of the disease. According to him, he had contact with people at the Nigerian Law School, the Nigerian Air Force Clinic and LUTH.
This as the West African Postgraduate College of Medical Laboratory Science said Nigeria has the capacity to contain any unforeseen outbreak of the coronavirus.
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