Related Police kill five suspected kidnappers, arrest three in Delta OPSH arrests ... index of suspicion for Lassa fever. While urging all health facilities in the State, public and private ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 674 Lassa fever cases with 127 deaths across 18 states, across 93 local government areas between January and April 6, 2025. In a ...

Others are Gombe (seven), Benue (four), Nasarawa (four), Kaduna (two), Enugu (one), Delta (one), Cross River (one), and Ogun (one). Lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic fever caused by the ...

Lassa fever has claimed five lives in one week from 15 confirmed cases reported across six states and 11 Local Government Areas (LGAs), according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and ...

The report partly read, “In week 14, the number of new confirmed cases increased from 14 in epi week 13, of 2025 to 15. These were reported in Ondo, Bauchi, Edo, Taraba, Ebonyi, and Gombe States ...

which is now part of present-day Borno State in Nigeria. Diagnosis and testing for Lassa fever To diagnose Lassa fever, Umar stated that healthcare providers need to test body fluids for the virus.

A case of Lassa fever has been discovered at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), prompting urgent response efforts by hospital authorities and the Kano State Government. The revelation came ...

Death toll from Lassa fever has risen to 127, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). This information was disclosed in a situation report released on Tuesday.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has recorded 674 confirmed Lassa Fever cases out of 4,025 suspected cases from January to April 6, 2025, in 18 states across 93 local ...

KANO — A case of Lassa fever has been confirmed at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Kano State. Speaking on the development, Salisu Inuwa, spokesperson for the hospital’s Infection ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has identified Ondo, Bauchi, and Edo States as the epicentres of the Lassa fever outbreak in the country. Speaking to reporters ...