{News} Lassa fever: Plateau records 2 cases
Following resurgence of lassa fever in some parts of the country,
Plateau State government has recorded two cases of the disease while
eight others are on the watch list at various health centres in the
state.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Kunden Deyin, who said this at
a ministerial press briefing in Jos, the state capital, on Tuesday,
said that 10 people were suspected to have been tested positive, but
eight were later satisfied to be negative and discharged while the two
tested positive, were admitted at the Jos University Teaching
Hospital (JUTH).
Dr Deyin said the ministry in conjunction with other health-related
agencies have placed the family of those who tested positive on
surveillance to curtail the spread of the menace.
He said the state government had already taken up the challenge by
deploying health workers across the state to sensitise citizens on the
symptoms and preventive measures of lassa fever.
According to him, lassa fever is transmitted through urine and
excreta of a rat and served as a reservoir for the lassa virus, adding
that rodent is usually attracted to dirty environment
He implored the people not to panic over the two recorded cases,
adding that the disease was not like Ebola Virus but charged them to
be proactive and report suspected cases to avoid its spread.
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