Lassa fever

Key facts ● Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness of 1-4 weeks duration that occurs in West Africa. ● The Lassa virus is transmitted to humans via contact with food or household items contaminated with rodent urine or faeces.…

More states in the country have put their citizens on red alert following the outbreak of Lassa fever in 10 states of the federation. While a few of the states initially listed to have recorded cases, such as Oyo and Bauchi, announced that…

• Kills 35, 76 cases reported in 8 states in fresh outbreak Nigeria has again been hit with the deadly Lassa fever outbreak now raging in eight states of the Federation. A statement from the Minister of Health, Wednesday, said 35 people…