Severe cases of Lassa Fever has been reported in Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau and Rivers States between August 24 and September 2 by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
[quote_box_center]Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Chief Executive Officer, NCDC,said in a statement in Lagos, that two cases were reported from Plateau and one each from Rivers, Bauchi and Gombe. The Gombe victim died on Aug. 22, while others are still alive. According to him, resources were immediately mobilised from NCDC and its partner, the Nigerian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme (NFELTP), to support the investigation and management of cases in the affected states.[/quote_box_center]
He said that public health response commenced immediately in all the affected states under the leadership of the respective state’s Ministries of Health.
