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LASSA Fever: Ogun Declares 396 Contacts Free

Omooba Risawe        The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, has declared that the 396 people who had primary and secondary contacts with the deceased Assistant Chief Nursing Officer of Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Idi- Aba in Abeokuta, who died of Lassa fever have been declared free from the disease. The […]
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Kwara Denies Outbreak of Lassa Fever

The Kwara State Government on Thursday confirmed that there was no outbreak of Lassa fever in all its 16 local government areas. The state Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Atolagbe Alege, made the confirmation in llorin in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. Alege said the state government had put in place adequate measures, […]