Anambra records Lassa Fever case
Anambra State has recorded what appears to be its first Lassa Fever patient in the latest nationwide outbreak.He was said to have been on admission at the University’s clinic for some days before she was referred to the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
Subsequently, she has been transferred to the Virology Centre in Ebonyi and handed over to the federal government for treatment.A source in the hospital said the state government is now scrambling to contain the spread of the disease by embarking on aggressive contact tracing as there is suspicion that the patient may have contaminated students and siblings.
In the memo seen by this reporter, the CMAC said decontamination of the ward where the patient was nursed in the hospital had been done. Lassa Fever has so far claimed 41 lives in the recent outbreak which has spread to 19 states according to the National Centre for Disease Control According to the NCDC between January 1 and 26, a total of 689 suspected cases with 258 confirmed cases were reported with 41 deaths.
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