lassa fever in Nigeria

Nigeria’s death toll from the Lassa fever outbreak has risen to 176, data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown. The country is now battling two deadly diseases: Lassa fever and COVID-19. The latter has…

Lagos state has recorded a case of Lassa fever currently raging in 19 other states in the country. Announcing the development on February 19, the State Commissioner for Health Professor Akin Abayomi confirmed that the patient is…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the increase in the number of Lassa fever cases reported in the country since the beginning of 2020. In its weekly situation report for third week of January (from 1st to 19th)…