Source: https://independent.ng/concern-yellow-fever-outbreak/
Concern Over Yellow Fever Outbreak
By Our Correspondents -
January 19, 2018
In its first epidemiological week report for 2018, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the death of 9 persons as a result of Yellow Fever infection. The report confirmed the presence of the disease in 12 local government areas spread across 7 States in Nigeria. Since November 2017, a total of 179 suspected cases have been listed out of which 98 persons have had their blood samples subjected to laboratory analyses.
In January 2018 however, 358 suspected cases of yellow fever have been discovered. The NCDC also confirmed that 230 suspected cases of yellow fever have been examined through laboratory analyses. Two yellow fever related deaths were recorded as at November 2017 although the first incident of the disease was recorded in September 2017 following an index case involving a seven year old girl in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State who was said to have had no recent history of travelling out of the community...
Concern Over Yellow Fever Outbreak
By Our Correspondents -
January 19, 2018
In its first epidemiological week report for 2018, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the death of 9 persons as a result of Yellow Fever infection. The report confirmed the presence of the disease in 12 local government areas spread across 7 States in Nigeria. Since November 2017, a total of 179 suspected cases have been listed out of which 98 persons have had their blood samples subjected to laboratory analyses.
In January 2018 however, 358 suspected cases of yellow fever have been discovered. The NCDC also confirmed that 230 suspected cases of yellow fever have been examined through laboratory analyses. Two yellow fever related deaths were recorded as at November 2017 although the first incident of the disease was recorded in September 2017 following an index case involving a seven year old girl in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State who was said to have had no recent history of travelling out of the community...
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