The Federal Government said on Tuesday that Lassa fever has claimed 63 lives out of 212 suspected reported from 62 local government areas in affected states.

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, confirmed this at the emergency National Council of Health meeting in Abuja on the outbreak of the disease.

Adewole listed the 17 affected states as Bauchi, Niger, Taraba, Kano, Rivers, Oyo, Ondo, Edo, Plateau, Gombe, Nasarawa, Lagos, Delta, Ekiti, Ebonyi, Zamfara and Kogi as well as the FCT. He said there is high level of denial and conspiracy across some states, adding that health managers should not deceive executives by the pretence and silence.

The minister described the denial of Ebonyi to report five suspected cases and one death as conspiracy of denial. He said every state should consider itself at risk and put measures to contain and prevent the disease.

Adewole said the federal government would maintain high level of alert all year round to celebrate Lassa fever obituary next year. “With the resources available we will collectively eliminate the disease in Nigeria soon. “We have special facilities around us and we have adequate human resource to address the challenge.

“We will strengthen the Primary Health Care Centres across the country to enhance the surveillance mechanism,’’ he said. The minister said 5,000 Primary Health Care centres would be activated before the end of 2016.

“A committee had already been set up to map out health care centres across the country would benefit from the programme. “At least one primary health care centre will be functional in a ward,’’ said Adewole. In a related development, the minister announced that six most affected states will have Lassa fever diagnostic centres. He said the states are Niger, Nasarawa, Taraba, Plateau, Bauchi and Ondo states; this is in addition to the six existing Lassa fever treatment centres.

According to him, the centres are Lassa fever Treatment Centre, Irrua, Edo; University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno; Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano. Others are Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), University College Hospital Ibadan, and the National Centre for Disease Control, Asokoro, Abuja.

www.thenationonlineng.net/lassa-fever-claims-63-spread-to-17-states-minister/

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thank God there are no rats here in banana island.
And we only drink koko garri here too.

I dey suspect this Lassa Fever..
No be today Rat start to dey run inside people house nah.....

Abi nah APC plan to reduce Nigerian Population To ve less mouth to feed..

Nd Lagos get the highest rat for Nigeria, Pls bring back Fashola for us....

Chei, gone are those days when you will see rat'shit inside garri, and you'll just shove it away and soak or make eba with your thing..

Try it right now and...


May God help us!!

Minister of health dey sleep








We will, we will......get to work already!

Henceforth, any rat I catch...

why is there no structured plan on this from govt, is it goodluck fault as well

Where's bro kingtom?

OK. Some bonkoms will still come out and analyse to us how GEJ caused the spread

Chei, you really need to See How to Prevent the Spread Lassa Fever Here<<

But why?

Like we don't have enough problems in this country already

Lassa fever? Thank God these were not the people around during Ebola. The only thing we would have been hearing was; number of people killed and states affected.

Kangol99:
He said there is high level of denial and conspiracy across some states, adding that health managers should not deceive executives by the pretence and silence.
The minister described the denial of Ebonyi to report five suspected cases and one death as conspiracy of denial. He said every state should consider itself at risk and put measures to contain and prevent the disease.

This blame game got to stop; know when to draw the line.
Show leadershipa already FG; this is a freaking emergency!!!
I don't remember ministry of health whining during the Ebola outbreak.
The states cannot wag the federal government.
...and what is it about the things they will do in the health sector?
Tackle this emergency first; campaign later.
SMH

hmmmnnn na only God can save us from this oooo

God save your children

may God save us from untimely death!!!

This one wants to sha start competition with ebola. ok ooo

PDP faced ebola, APC oya u guys shud face dis one asap

rat killer Oya oooo

And not a word from Buhari. 'Leadership is not rocket science,' they said during their campaign.

God save us from Lassafever

Ebola was too small too small to succed in Nigeria lassa fever FIFA too carry your bag and Go

Ogun state thats inbetween oyo ad lagos did not have it. The gateway state close your gate

at the sight of buhari cluelessness johanthan clueless be learner ooo, ebola wey no get cure at all sef no kill up to 63 people, buhari clueless ability was a hit back to back, from naira falling 305 to dollar to fuel scarcity to lessa fever, yet he kept on junketing round the world ,
me be like: egbon buhari if its junketing u want to be doing resign and go and join arik airline cabin crew.

This present Health Minister is cluelessness personified.

Get to work Mr Minister!
The last administration caged Ebola, why is Lassa fever defeating you technically?

Buhari is facing Pdp while lassa fever is facing Nigerians