Yellow fever

World Health Organisation has said that 160 million Nigerians are at risk of yellow fever. The WHO said with Nigeria’s population of about 200 million, the figure makes up around 25 percent of all the people at risk in Africa. Read…

Three more people have been confirmed dead from the outbreak of an unidentified illness in Epeilo-Otukpa community of Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State, bringing the death toll to 20. Benue State Epidemiologist, Dr. Sam…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that three states have reported a total of 76 deaths suspected to be from yellow fever. The health agency gave the figures in its November 11 Yellow Fever Situation Report with…