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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162 Lassa fever deaths so far recorded in 2024 – NCDC reports
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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FLASH: Lassa fever kills 14 in Ebonyi
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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How Nigerian scientists failed to win FG’s N36m prize over COVID-19, Lassa Fever saga
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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Lassa Fever kills 109 Nigerians— Report
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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Breaking: Doctors sensitises Ebonyi residents to Lassa fever prevention
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...
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6 Dead Over Lassa Fever Outbreak In Gombe
Gombe State has recorded six deaths from Lassa fever outbreak in Kaltungo Local Government Area, an official has said. The coordinator of Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in Kaltungo LGA, Comfort Danlami, said the...
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Osun: Pregnant Woman Dies Of Lassa Fever
A pregnant woman has been reportedly died of Lassa fever in Osun State. This was revealed by the Special Adviser to Osun State Governor on Public Health, Dr Olasiji Olamiju, during a sensitisation programme...
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NCDC Records 42 New Lassa Fever Cases In One Week
Nigeria has recorded 42 new confirmed cases of Lassa fever in five states across the country. This was contained in a statement released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). ...
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Two doctors, pregnant woman die of Lassa fever in Nasarawa
Two doctors and a pregnant woman have died of Lassa fever in Nasarawa State. According to Channels Television, the Director of Public Health of the state Ministry of Health, Ibrahim Adamu, confirmed...
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