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Nigeria Reports 895 Lassa Fever Cases, 166 Deaths

Tijani Mariam October 2, 2025

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has released its latest Situation Report, covering Week 37 (September 8–14, 2025), confirming a total of 895 Lassa fever cases and 166 deaths across the...

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Local News

JUST IN: NCDC confirms UK returnee’s Lassa fever death, toll reaches 98

Akanji Philip March 10, 2025

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the death of a 31-year-old physician who succumbed to Lassa fever after returning from the United Kingdom. The agency also reported that the...

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Local News

Lassa fever kills 12 people in Ondo

VAM News February 12, 2025

News Update No fewer than 12 persons have lost their lives to Lassa fever in Ondo State out of 112 confirmed cases. According to the Statistician General of the state, Olusola Ajayi, who revealed...

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Health Local News

Lassa fever killED 26 in Benue in 2024 – Report

Akanji Philip February 4, 2025 0 Comment

Benue State Government has said it recorded 26 death from Lassa fever and some other cases of the viral disease were also documented in 2024. This was disclosed on Monday by the Benue...

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Extra

NCDC: Lassa Fever cases surge in Ondo, Edo

Akanji Philip October 12, 2024 0 Comment

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) recorded a rise in Lassa fever cases in week 39 of 2024, with Ondo and Edo states reporting nine new confirmed cases. The NCDC...

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Extra

162 Lassa fever deaths so far recorded in 2024 – NCDC reports

Akanji Philip June 8, 2024 0 Comment

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says the number of confirmed Lassa Fever cases has increased significantly resulting a cumulative 162 deaths in 2024. The NCDC said on Saturday via...

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Health

FLASH: Lassa fever kills 14 in Ebonyi

Akanji Philip February 21, 2024 0 Comment

The Ebonyi State Ministry of Health on Wednesday said 14 deaths have been recorded out of about 110 suspected cases of Lassa fever recently recorded in the state. Dr Hyacinth Ebenyi, the Director...

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Health National

How Nigerian scientists failed to win FG’s N36m prize over COVID-19, Lassa Fever saga

VAM News November 27, 2023 0 Comment

VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update Nigerian scientists and researchers were not able to win the sum of N36 million offered by the Federal Government as reward for discovering cures for COVID-19 and Lassa Fever,...

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Local News

Lassa Fever kills 109 Nigerians— Report

Akanji Philip March 15, 2023 0 Comment

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said 109 lives were lost to Lassa Fever in 22 states of the federation in January 2023. According to the NCDC, the...

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Local News

Breaking: Doctors sensitises Ebonyi residents to Lassa fever prevention

Akanji Philip November 1, 2022 0 Comment

Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), on Monday, tasked residents of Ebonyi State on the need to prevent the resurgence of Lassa fever in the state, saying its outbreak was imminent during the dry...