Since the detection of coronavirus in Nigeria, concerns about the country’s ability to handle the pandemic have been raised, but so far state governments have been...
Lassa fever cases and deaths have been reported across the country, and now it’s been revealed that a case has been recorded in Lagos. Punch shared...
In a sad turn of events, it looks like cases of the dreaded lassa fever have begun to increase in Nigeria. According to latest reports,...
According to the latest situation report by the Nigerian Centre For Disease control which covers 18th – 24th of March 2019, 15 new cases of Lassa...
A medical doctor on Twitter @DebonairDoctor has lamented the neglect of the welfare of doctors in the country by the Federal Government. The Twitter user shared...
Ahmed Victor, the doctor who contacted Lassa fever after treating a 7-month-old baby has died from the disease, Punch reports. The director of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Dr....
Schools in Ebonyi State have been asked to temporarily close down following the outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state. In a statement today to the...
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has discharged one of the patients being treated for Lassa fever. According to Punch, this was disclosed by the hospital’s...
The management of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, on Wednesday, advised Nigerians to take precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the Lassa Fever. Chris...
The Director of Primary Health Care in Akoko-Edo Local Government Council of Edo, Dr. Sunday Yerumoh, on Monday confirmed two cases of Lassa fever in the locality....
The Anambra State Government has urged residents to keep their environment clean and free from rats as a nursing student was killed by Lassa Fever and...
Nigerians doing big things! Scientists at the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases of Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, has developed and patented...
The Kaduna State Government says it has recorded eight deaths since the outbreak of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) which was reported in parts of the country in...
The Nigeria Centre of Disease Control (NCDC) has called on the attention of Nigerians to an increasing number of Lassa fever cases, and advices increased focus...
Dr. Giyan Joshua-Ndom, the Medical Director of the Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nasarawa state, has confirmed that a patient at the centre was suffering from a...
Dr. Emmanuel Okafor, the Director of Public Health, Anambra Ministry of Health, on Thursday confirmed the death of a medical doctor and two others due to...
The Management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) said in Benin on Monday that none of its medical personnel recently quarantined over Lassa Fever...
A male patient at the University of Benin Teaching hospital, UBTH has reportedly died of Lassa fever at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital after...
The World Health Organisation has said that Nigeria accounts for a huge percentage of the Lassa fever deaths that have occurred in West Africa, identifying late...
Sheikh Yusuf Alibawa, a Sokoto based Islamic cleric, on Friday admonished on Nigerians to offer special prayers to stop further spread of Lassa fever and other...
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