Lassa fever

Due to the alarming state of Lassa fever, the number of confirmed case in Nigeria has increased to 244 in the first three weeks of 2023. The country also recorded 18 new deaths from the viral infection from January 16 to 22; bringing…

Edo State has confirmed eight more cases of Lassa fever, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 115. The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akoria Obehi, said the state also recorded one more death from the…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that 72 per cent of all confirmed cases of Lassa fever in 2022 were reported in Ondo, Edo and Bauchi states. The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa disclosed this…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said as of May 2022, no fewer than 155 deaths with 4,820 suspected cases had been reported across 97 local government area in 24 states of the federation. Through its latest situation…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 434 cases of lassa fever have been recorded in Nigeria in 2021. According to NCDC’s recent Lassa Fever situation report, at least 80 persons were confirmed to have died of the disease this…

Two people including a pregnant woman have been confirmed dead following the outbreak of Lassa fever in Nasarawa state. Ifedayo Adetifa, Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the victims are a pregnant woman…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has declared an end to the emergency phase of the Lassa fever outbreak in the country. In a statement on Tuesday, the agency said it made declaration following “successive decline” in cases…

Lagos state has recorded a case of Lassa fever currently raging in 19 other states in the country. Announcing the development on February 19, the State Commissioner for Health Professor Akin Abayomi confirmed that the patient is…

The Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) in Ondo State, has denied the outbreak of Lassa Fever on its campus. The spokesperson for the institution, Mr Adegbenro Adebanjo confirmed this in a statement, while calling on staff and…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the increase in the number of Lassa fever cases reported in the country since the beginning of 2020. In its weekly situation report for third week of January (from 1st to 19th)…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has assured that with declining numbers and only a handful of confirmed cases reported in recent weeks, the critical phase of Nigeria’s largest Lassa Fever outbreak was under control. A statement…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) yesterday confirmed eight new cases of Lassa fever and three deaths in six states, within one week. According to the latest update by the NCDC, for Week 14 (April 02-08, 2018), “eight new…

Nigerian doctors may begin an action of refusal to attend to patients with Lassa fever if they are not provided with the right equipment to protect themselves, BBC reports. Dr Mike Ozovehe Ogirima, president of the…

Barely a month after she started working as the female resident doctor in the pediatrics department of the Federal Medical Center FMC Umuahia Abia state,Dr. Ndukwu Chizaram, has reportedly died of Lassa Fever. The Doctor who died at…

Latest update on Lassa fever outbreak in the country showed that the disease has in one week killed five more people with 11 new confirmed and 109 fresh suspected cases. With last Monday’s 114 deaths, 1,386…