Lassa fever

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) in collaboration with the University College of London (UCL), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and Prevention has recorded 846 Lassa fever cases across 99 Local Government Areas in 25 states. The NCDC, in its week 13 situation report on Thursday, said the suspected cases are now 4,338…

The Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency says it has so far recorded 22 deaths from Lassa fever cases across the state in 2023. The Chairman of the agency, Rilwanu Mohammed disclosed this at a one-day advocacy engagement…

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that the death toll of Lassa fever in Nigeria this year has risen to 104. In its week eight, Lassa fever situation report, the NCDC said that there had been a total number of 636 confirmed…

Kogi State has recorded six cases of Lassa fever, the Director of Disease Control in the state’s Ministry of Health, Dr Austin Ojotule, said in Lokoja on Friday. “As it is now, we are battling with six cases of Lassa fever in the state,…

The number of confirmed Lassa fever cases in Nigeria rose to 244 in the first three weeks of 2023. With a record of 18 new deaths from the viral infection from January 16 to 22, the total death toll rose to 37. This report was obtained from…

Ondo State government has recorded 106 cases of Lassa Fever and 8 deaths in the state this year. Prof. Francis Faduyile, Special Adviser to the governor on Health, made the disclosure in an interview with news men on Sunday in Akure. He …

Edo State confirmed one death from Lassa fever and recorded 12 new cases at the weekend, as the government steps up measures to contain the spread of the disease across all communities in the state. The Edo State Commissioner for Health,…

Edo State has recorded 18 new cases of Lassa fever in the last week, raising the total number of persons who are currently on admission in the state to 23. The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akoria Obehi, who disclosed this while…

In its report for the last week of the year 2022, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) disclosed that it recorded no less than 189 deaths from Lassa fever out of  the 1,067 confirmed cases in 112 Local Government Areas in 27…