Nigeria has joined a new 6.4 million dollar international research consortium aimed at accelerating the development of a vaccine against Lassa fever. This was made known in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) on Sunday in Abuja. …
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THE Ogun State Government has announced the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state, with the confirmation of the death of a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The Ogun State Commissioner of Health, Dr Tomi Coker, announced this in a statement on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. …
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THE Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, has announced an outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state with a casualty. The commissioner revealed that the hemorrhaging viral fever recently claimed the life of a 25-year-old female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member who fell sick in Ondo and was …
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THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reiterated the looming urgency for Nigerians to keep an environment free of rats through personal hygiene, due to the devastating outbreak of Lassa Fever in the country. The agency’s Director General, Jide Idris, disclosed in an interview with the News …
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THE Federal Government, through the National Orientation Agency (NOA), has urged residents of Benue State to refrain from consuming rats to prevent the spread of Lassa fever. The warning was issued by NOA’s State Coordinator, Bitrus Audu, during a press briefing as part of a nationwide campaign against the disease. …
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THREE employees of the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna lost their life to an outbreak of viral hemorrhagic fever, often known as Lassa fever, Naija News reports. Confirming the latest outbreak, the Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) Jide Idris, while addressing …
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No fewer than 183 Nigerians have died from Lassa Fever and Yellow Fever as cases of the two diseases have risen to 7, 650 in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC’s) Lassa Fever Situation Report showed that …
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41 Lassa Fever Cases, Seven Deaths, Confirmed In Kogi Kogi State Government has confirmed that there are no fewer than 41 Lassa fever cases in the state and that seven people have died since January. This was contained in a statement issued by Mr. Daniel Alonge, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry …
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Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole yesterday announced the escape of a Lassa fever patient from hospital in Ebonyi State. The patient, whose identity was not made public, escaped from the health facility, where he was receiving treatment. The minister said this during a meeting of the National Council on …
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