The 72 deaths were among a total of 411 cases confirmed so far from the outbreak of the viral hemorrhagic fever recorded across 21 states since January.
London: The UK has detected a deadly haemorrhagic fever with “pandemic potential”, the country’s health officials have said. Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness, similar to Ebola, and people become infected through exposure to food or other items that have been contaminated with urine or faeces of infected rats. According to the UK […]
Abuja: A total of 80 deaths have been reported across Nigeria following the spread of Lassa fever in the most populous African country so far this year, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. A total of 434 confirmed cases of Lassa fever have been reported from 17 states and and the federal […]
