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Anambra State Debunks Lassa Fever Outbreak Claims

The Anambra State government has debunked claims of an outbreak of Lassa Fever in the State. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Akabuike, on Monday said … Continue reading Anambra State Debunks Lassa Fever Outbreak Claims


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lassa feverThe Anambra State government has debunked claims of an outbreak of Lassa Fever in the State.

The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Akabuike, on Monday said that what the state had was a referral case of a doctor brought in from Delta State and not an outbreak.

While reacting to the report of the outbreak of the fever in Anambra, he said that the doctor though from Anambra state practiced in Asaba and was refereed to Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital, Nnewi.

The doctor was referred to the hospital on August 15 by 3:19pm local time but died after three hours of management.

To guard against the spread of the disease, efforts are being made to trace persons that had come in contact with the dead doctor.

Mr Akabuike said 19 people were currently on low risk, with two others on high risk.

He, however, told reporters that the contacts were permanently on surveillance.

Lassa Fever that had been subdued months ago, resurfaced on Monday, with Delta State recording a fresh case of the disease in Asaba, the capital of the southern Nigeria state.

The Commissioner of Health, Dr. Nicholas Azinge, confirmed the case and the death of a medical doctor who resides and owns a hospital in Asaba.

He stated that the doctor died three hours after admission at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, after a blood sample earlier collected was confirmed to be positive.