Tag: Lassa fever
Lassa fever kills UK returnee as death toll hits 98
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has announced the death of a 31-year-old physician who tested positive for Lassa fever after...
Lassa fever kills 80 in one week
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 80 deaths from 413 confirmed Lassa fever cases in 11 states between February...
Lassa fever kills 10 in Ebonyi
The Ebonyi State Ministry of Health has disclosed that Lassa fever killed no fewer than 10 persons in the state from January 4 to...
Lassa fever: NCDC records 200 deaths in 28 states
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the death of 200 persons from Lassa fever, representing 17.1 per cent in 28 states...
Lassa fever: 26 adults, 14 children on admission in Edo —...
The Edo State Government says 40 persons, including 26 adults and 14 children who were confirmed with the Lassa fever disease are still on...
NCDC confirms 8 new Lassa fever cases as death toll hits...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded eight additional Lassa fever infections and one death between September 5 and 11,...
54 healthcare workers infected with Lassa fever as death toll hits...
No fewer than 54 healthcare workers have been infected with Lassa fever in the country as 164 people have died from the disease in...
Lassa fever kills 40, four health workers infected in January
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) registered 40 Lassa fever-related deaths in January, adding that four health workers were also infected following the...
Lassa fever kills medical doctor, pregnant woman, 80 others – NCDC...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 80 persons have so far died from Lassa fever as of Thursday in 17 states.
NCDC said the first...
