The Osun State Government on Monday confirmed two cases of Lassa fever in the state. Dr Rafiu Isamotu, the state Commissioner for Health, made this known on Monday in Osogbo, at a news conference also attended by Dr Olasiji Olamiju, the Special Adviser to Gov. Gboyega Oyetola on Public Health. Isamotu said the two affected
Read moreThe Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed that 29 deaths and 195 confirmed cases of Lassa fever have been reported in 11 states. The Director-General, NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, explained that the current figures were as of Friday, January 24. Ihekweazu said out
Read moreThe Kaduna State government on Saturday confirmed a case of Lassa fever at Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Mohammed – Baloni, who confirm the case, said a 36-year-old male patient was receiving treatment at a designated Infectious Disease Control Centre. She assured residents that the ministry has
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There are fears that Nigerian visitors to Chinese cities may contract the disease and spread it to others on arrival in the country if stringent measures are not taken at the airports and other border points. Official figures obtained on Friday indicated that about 120,000 Chinese nationals visit Nigeria annually mainly to explore business and
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Australia on Saturday confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus that has claimed 41 lives in China, becoming the latest country in a growing list to be affected by the illness. The sick man arrived in Melbourne from China a week ago from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, the
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A Medical practitioner, Dr. Ajayi Abass, on Friday advised residents to keep cats at homes to checkmate rats and guard against the spread of Lassa fever. Abass, the Assistant Secretary-General, National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Shika, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
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Coronavirus, has claimed 26 lives since emerging on December 31 in a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Here is a list of countries that have confirmed cases of the SARS-like virus (Coronavirus). China As of Friday, more than 800 people have been infected across China, with 177 in serious condition. Authorities were also
Read moreThe Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Dr Nimkong Ndam, has confirmed five cases of Lassa fever in the state. Ndam told News Agency of Nigeria in Jos that the patients of the ailment had been admitted in two hospitals in the state, adding that three of them were undergoing treatment; one had completed treatment, while
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Situation report indicates that the number of newly confirmed cases of Lassa fever across the country have increased from 64 in the first week of this year to 81, as shown by reported instances from Ondo, Edo, Delta, Taraba, Plateau and Bauchi states. A report released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has called on travelers from Nigeria to Wuhan, China, to avoid contact with sick people, animals (alive or dead), and animal markets. It added, “Travelers from Wuhan to Nigeria may be asked questions upon arrival by the Port Health Services unit at points of entry about symptoms of
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said on Wednesday, that there was no specific cure for the deadly coronavirus yet. In a statement by the centre, it was revealed that the NCDC was working closely with the World Health Organisation to monitor the spread of the virus. It added that the Federal Ministry
Read moreThe death toll from a new SARS-like China virus that has infected hundreds rose to 17, authorities said on Wednesday. Officials in Hubei, the central Chinese province whose capital is the epicentre of the epidemic, said at a televised news conference that the total number of people in the region infected with the new coronavirus
Read moreReport reaching Fox Channel indicates that Lassa fever has killed two medical doctors and 17 others in Kano and Ondo states. The Ondo State Government said 16 people had so far been killed by the deadly Lassa fever while 84 cases were recorded in the state this year. The Punch reports. Also, the Director of
Read moreThe mysterious respiratory illness has sickened about 300 people in Asia. In the United States, a case of the new coronavirus from China has been confirmed in a patient just north of Seattle, federal health officials said Tuesday. The mysterious pneumonia-like illness has killed at least six people and sickened hundreds of others in Asia,
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A patient died on Saturday from a mysterious illness after an outbreak in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, according to the local health commission. The emergence of the virus is raising concerns as hundreds of millions of people are getting ready to travel during the Chinese New Year holiday later this month. Experts who
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