The Federal Ministry of Health has said that of the 212 reported cases of lassa fever from 62 local government areas spread across 17 states, 63 fatalities have been recorded.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, confirmed this in Abuja on Tuesday at an emergency National Council of Health meeting on the outbreak of the disease.
The affected states are Bauchi, Niger, Taraba, Kano, Rivers, Oyo, Ondo, Edo, Plateau, Gombe, Nasarawa, Lagos, Delta, Ekiti, Ebonyi, Zamfara and Kogi well and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The Minister advised that every state should consider itself at risk of lassa fever and put in place, the necessary measures to contain the virus.
He assured that the Federal Government was already taking steps to ensure the quick elimination of the disease in Nigeria.
“With the resources available we will collectively eliminate the disease in Nigeria soon.
“We have special facilities around us and we have adequate human resource to address the challenge.
“We will strengthen the Primary Health Care Centres across the country to enhance the surveillance mechanism,’’ he said.
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