Fear grips Imo residents over burial of Lassa Fever victims

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Fear grips Imo residents over burial of Lassa Fever victims
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Tension is brewing in communities across Imo State following the information that victims of Lassa Fever have been brought and buried in the...

Tension is brewing in communities across Imo State following the information that victims of Lassa Fever have been brought and buried in the state without supervision from the state government.

It was further gathered that another affected corpse was brought home from the neighbouring Rivers State and kept in a mortuary in another community in Ideato North council area of the state.

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