Lassa Fever: Ogun Places 106 Under Surveillance

The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, has said that the number of the people who had contact with a victim of Lassa fever in the state has increased from 66 to 106 as of last Friday. He disclosed this on Sunday in a telephone interview with a Punch correspondent. The commissioner said additional 40 contacts had been identified between Friday and Sunday and they were being monitored. He, however, appealed to the residents not to panic over the outbreak of the disease, as measures were being taken to contain its spread. A 22-year-old male patient was on Thursday placed under medical observation at the State Hospital, Ijaiye, Abeokuta over Lassa fever infection.

Lagos Records 14 Cases of Lassa fever

 

On Friday, Lagos State government announced that it had recorded 14 suspected cases of Lassa fever as of Thursday, January 21. According to the state Commissioner of Health, Dr Jide Idris, out of these cases, three had been confirmed positive: one of the cases was confirmed on January 15, while two cases were confirmed on January 18, while eight had been confirmed to be negative and results of three cases are being awaited as of Friday afternoon.