The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, on Thursday said the state had recorded the first case of Lassa fever.

Ipaye said this during a press conference held at Oke Mosan in Abeokuta, thestate capital.

He identified the index case in the state as a 28-year-old lady, “discovered on Wednesday February 3 at 8:10pm.”

Ipaye said the victim had travelled to Ebonyi for a burial and returned to Ogun on January 15, and later started manifesting the symptoms of the viral disease.

He said, “The victim had accessed treatment at Ruby Medical Centre, Ota. She was said to have been moved another hospital, Central Specialist Hospital, Ota. It was the management of the Central Specialist Hospital that called the state Ministry of Health.”

“We moved in immediately and took her in. We have shut the two health facilities for decontamination.”

Ipaye said the victim had been transferred to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, one of the isolation centres for the disease.

He added, “The confirmatory test was done and the result came in last night. We started emergency procedures immediately and she has been moved to the isolation centre in Sagamu.

“She has been given the drug, ribavirin and still under observation. She has had fever and other symptoms but have not started bleeding.

“She has passed through two private hospitals, which have now been shut for decontamination.”

Ipaye also said 60 persons who had contact with the victim in the two health facilities including three members of her family were under watch.

He said the first 35 contacts were health workers in the first hospital, 22 in the second one and three others were family members of the victim.

He said, “These 60 people have been placed under surveillance, but I want to appeal to the residents not to panic. They must be vigilant and maintain good hygiene in their homes.”

Ipaye commended the management of the Central Specialist Hospital for its patriotism in contacting the government and saving the state from the scourge of Lassa fever.

The state government had on Tuesday January 26, raised the alarm on 19 suspected cases of the Lassa fever who had contact with the first index case in Ahmadiyyah Hospital, Ijaiye in Ojokoro Local Government Area of Lagos but live in Ogun State.

Ipaye, however, said all the 19 persons have been declared free of the disease, “because they did not manifest the symptoms of the disease, not even of malaria fever.”

Source: www.mynigerianewspaper.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=2022

Let it remain there biko

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#Godwin

Ebola is just a JOKE Cause "BAT" and other animal who transmit it are far from HOME

Lassa Fever is just a COMEDY cause "RAT" that spread it leaves in our HOME.. This means that we are living with "DEATH"

Zika Virus is a TRAGEDY cause "MOSQUITO" that spread it is just like HUMAN BEING and FOOD.. We can never run away for mosquito...

Zika Virus will be a common disease to all HUMAN if not eradicated soon..

THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END.... I DON'T SEE THIS WORLD in EXISTENCE IN THE NEXT 10YEARS

Lassa you will go just like Ebola did.

Young03:
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These experiments these oyinbo people dey use on top Africans...

time to maintain more personal & home hygiene

God have mercy on us

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This is getting serious.

I always ignore this lassa fever stories of a thing need to get info about this matter.

rat ke

Chai!! The gods are angry.

Young03:
Let it remain there biko

Invaded them after bubu visit. Thank God Dullardiho did not visit IMO @ 40 celebration.


#BODYLANGUAGETURNSODOR

My state

you will hear it far,it shall not come near your dwelling.

Yes oooh God will eradicate it just like Ebola but wait oooh na small small did kind tin dey start obj no get were to run go wahala dey everywhere but the is God

bunmioguns:
My state

Hope my nairalanders are safe there she. Oga Seun how far you still they naija?

May God save us from this epidemic.

chai....

this shldnt escalate more dan dis ooh...

Young03:
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#Godwin

May be you are becoming jobless just like LadyF and introvert.

Nawaooo!!! Before now, people chase and kill rats. But now, na rat de do the chasing. The hunter is now being hunted. Even, mosquitoes were known for only malaria and especially the female anopheles. Now, as little as a mosquito is, it spreads a deadly virus. I wonder why the virus no de even kill the mosquito



Scientists at work with all ways to make money and spoil d earth and accusing mosquitoes. I remember the movie(transporter 2)

Ota

chloee:
Invaded them after bubu visit. Thank God Dullardiho did not visit IMO @ 40 celebration.
#BODYLANGUAGETURNSODOR

[quote author=Young03 post=42625893]Let it remain there biko

IPOB AT WORK
#BEWARE

Aroh48:
May be you are becoming jobless just like LadyF and introvert.

jobless just like u

Iru ekute weyrey wo re now

Rats!

adult91:
Nawaooo!!! Before now, people chase and kill rats. But now, na rat de do the chasing. The hunter is now being hunted. Even, mosquitoes were known for only malaria and especially the female anopheles. Now, as little as a mosquito is, it spreads a deadly virus. I wonder why the virus no de even kill the mosquito



Scientists at work with all ways to make money and spoil d earth and accusing mosquitoes. I remember the movie(transporter 2)

Is the season 3 out yet?

Young03:

jobless just like u

Dude,can't you take a joke?