The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has advised Nigerians to protect themselves against the Lassa Fever and not just covid-19.
The commission, in a statement during its routine situation report of the disease yesterday, in Abuja, said 80 persons have so far died from Lassa fever as of Thursday.
It also said about 434 cases of the disease have been reported in the country since January 2021.
“Since January 2021, a total of 434 confirmed cases with 80 deaths (i.e., a case fatality rate of 18 per cent) have been reported in seventeen (17) States and sixty-three (63) Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Nigeria,” it said.
“The disease is endemic in Nigeria like in several other countries in West Africa and most cases are seen during the dry season, often between November and May annually,” the commission added.
