Nigeria: 2019 Lassa Fever

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Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/nigeri...a-ncdc-situation-report-47-24th-november-2019

2019 Lassa Fever Outbreak in Nigeria: NCDC Situation Report #47 - 24th November 2019
Report from Government of Nigeria
Published on 24 Nov 2019 — View Original

HIGHLIGHTS

In the reporting week 47 (18th – 24th November, 2019) eight new confirmedii cases were reported from Ondo(5) and Edo(3) states with no new death

From 1 st January to 24th November 2019, a total of 4681 suspectedi cases have been reported from 23 states. Of these, 785 were confirmed positive, 19 probable and 3877 negative (not a case)

Since the onset of the 2019 outbreak, there have been 160 deaths in confirmed cases. Case fatality ratio in confirmed cases is 20.4%

Twenty-three (23) States (Edo, Ondo, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Plateau, Taraba, Adamawa,
Gombe, Kaduna, Kwara, Benue, Rivers, Kogi, Enugu, Imo, Delta, Oyo, Kebbi, Cross River, Zamfara,
Lagos and Abia) have recorded at least one confirmed case across 86 Local Government Areas - Figure 1...

 

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Source: https://punchng.com/alleged-ebonyi-l...e-of-hospital/

Alleged Ebonyi Lassa fever outbreak: Umahi orders closure of hospital
Published December 27, 2019

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has ordered the immediate closure of St Vincent Hospital at Igbagu, Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi, following suspected outbreak of Lassa fever at the hospital.

The order is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abakaliki by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Mr. Francis Nwaze.

Umahi also said all the members of staff and patients of the hospital should submit themselves to the Virology Centre at Abakaliki for comprehensive medical examinations.

The governor also said all the family members and close relations of the patients of St Vincent Hospital be quarantined at the South-East Virology Centre for close medical observation.

Umahi assured residents that the state government, through its ministry of health, would contain the spread of the disease and urged the public not to panic...
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Source: https://www.sunnewsonline.com/lassa-fever-kills-5-in-ebonyi/

Lassa fever kills 5 in Ebonyi
...Govt shuts down mission hospital
27th December 2019
Chijioke Agwu, Abakaliki

At least five persons have died in Igbeagu Izzi, Ebonyi State, following an outbreak of Lassa fever epidemic in the area.

Consequently, the Ebonyi State government, has ordered an immediate closure of St. Vincent’s Hospital, Ndubia in Igbegu Izzi in Izzi Local Government Area of the state due to reported deaths and increasing spread of Lassa fever disease at the hospital.

Our correspondent gathered that out of over ten Lassa fever patients reportedly admitted at the hospital, no fewer than five patients were said to have died at the as at Thursday December 26...