The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said no new healthcare worker is infected in the reporting week 52 of the Lassa Fever in the country.
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said no new healthcare worker is infected in the reporting week 52 of the Lassa Fever in the country.
It said while there were no reported cases for health workers in the reporting week, about 63 healthcare workers were infected by the disease in the country. “In week 52, the number of new confirmed cases decreased from 17 in week 51, 2022, to 12 cases. These were reported from Edo, Ebonyi and Benue states.
“Seventy-two per cent of all confirmed Lassa Fever cases were reported from these three states while 23 per cent were reported from 24 states with confirmed Lassa Fever cases.
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