Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has disclosed that 472 confirmed cases of Lassa fever with 70 deaths across 92 Local Government...
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has disclosed that 472 confirmed cases of Lassa fever with 70 deaths across 92 Local Government Areas in 26 states of the federation between January 1st and February 9th, 2020.
Junaidu was the Guest Speaker at a one – day sensitization seminar organized by Great Helping Hands Foundation in partnership with Oma Life Rescue Foundation in Kaduna with the topic “Global threats of Corona and Lassa virus, awareness, causes and prevention.” He said person to person transmission by contact with blood, urine, faeces, vomitus and other body fluids of an infected person could occur.Lassa fever: 50 under watch in Anambra
Contrary to insinuations, Junaidu said that Corona virus was not in Africa, but hundreds of thousands affected with over 1000 deaths recorded in place like China.
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