An official speaks on the challenges of contact tracing.
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control on Monday listed several measures it has in place for the prevention and control of the Lassa fever outbreak.
An annual report by NCDC last December showed that there were 149 deaths with 3,276 suspected cases in 23 states in 2018.But in a press briefing Monday in Abuja, NCDC, the agency charged with the responsibility of emergency response to the outbreak of highly infectious diseases, said there was a decline over the last five weeks in the number of new cases.
“Main goal of contact tracing is to prevent human to human transmission. It also helps identify these cases early so that you can initiate management on time and with this, we now have better progress,” she said. Speaking earlier, Director-General, NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, said even when a contact dies, “you still have to trace to the end. You still have to identify the contacts and understand how much contacts happened before the patient passed away.
“You also have to provide free medicals for these contacts so they can check their temperature and once they become symptomatic, they can immediately alert you or if you identify they have any of the symptoms of Lassa fever, you recommend any of the treatment centres immediately for management.”
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