The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr. Jide Idris, has confirmed the outbreak of Lassa fever in Kaduna State. Idris,...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 1,095 Lassa fever cases in 28 states across the country. The agency confirmed the development...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 1,068 Lassa fever infections in 28 states in the country. In the Week 37 Situation...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that between January and April 9th, 2023, Nigeria lost 151 people to Lassa disease. In its most...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed three fresh deaths from Lassa fever in the country. In its week 14 Lassa fever situation report...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said on Tuesday 109 persons died from Lassa fever across the country in January. In a statement...
The Edo State government has confirmed eight new cases of Lassa fever in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akoria Obehi, who confirmed this...
The Edo State government on Monday confirmed eight new cases of Lassa fever in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akoria Obehi, who confirmed...
A medical doctor in Nasarawa State, Ahmed Isaiah, has died from Lassa fever. Isaiah died at the National Hospital, Abuja, on December 31 last year. The...
At least 189 people died from Lassa fever in Nigeria in 2022, the country’s centre for disease control has revealed. In its Lassa fever situation report...
The first confirmed case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on 27 February 2020 welcomed Nigeria to the global health problem. Despite Nigerian government’s effort to control and...
The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) has identified three candidate drugs for the treatment and eradication of Lassa fever in the country. The Director-General of NABDA,...
Lassa fever killed 40 people in Nigeria in the first four weeks of 2022, the country’s Centre for Disease Control said on Friday. In its Lassa...
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 48 new cases and 11 deaths, according to its week two update of the centre’s Lassa fever...
The Oyo State government has set up a surveillance system in all local government areas following an outbreak of Lassa fever in the Iwajowa area of...
The death toll from Lassa fever in Nigeria has increased to 92 since January, with Bauchi and Ebonyi States recording new fatalities. The Nigeria Centre for...
The United States said on Monday a new phase of Lassa fever vaccine clinical trials would begin in Nigeria and two other countries in West Africa...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Wednesday 242 people died from Lassa fever in the country this year. The agency disclosed this in...
The Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Rilwanu Mohammed, says 19 people have died of Lassa fever disease in Toro and...
The Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA), Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed, said on Saturday at least 41 persons had died of Lassa fever...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Tuesday the emergency phase of Lassa fever outbreak was over following the decline in the number of cases...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Thursday the total number of confirmed Lassa fever cases in Nigeria had increased to 963. The centre...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Thursday the Lassa fever death toll in the country had increased to 185. The centre, in its...
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has announced the closure of schools in the state with effect from today Monday, the 23rd, in a bid to...
The University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, said on Tuesday the index Lassa fever patient has been discharged. The Chairman of LUTH Medical Advisory Committee, Prof. Wasiu...
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Mohammed Baloni, on Saturday, confirmed a new case of Lassa fever in the state. The commissioner told journalists...
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday confirmed the first case of Lassa fever that has killed scores of people in different parts of the country in...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Thursday there were 472 confirmed cases of Lassa fever in the country. The Assistant Director of Health...
Kogi State government on Sunday confirmed nine cases of Lassa fever in the state. The State Epidemiologist, Dr. Austin Ojotule, who disclosed this in a statement...
The Nigerian Minister for health, Osagie Ehanire has said that the federal government is in partnership with a German research firm to develop a vaccine against...
On January 21, 2019, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) declared an outbreak of Lassa fever in the country following an increase in the number...
Nasarawa State government has confirmed the outbreak of the fast spreading Lassa fever which has claimed a number of lives across the country, and other tropical...
The deadly Lassa fever disease continues to spread across Nigeria with the Enugu government confirming the death of a pregnant woman who lost her life for...
The Adamawa State Government said on Tuesday a pregnant woman has died from of Lassa fever infection in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof....
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources has intensified efforts to promote handwashing culture to prevent the spread of Lassa fever outbreak in the country. This was...
The Kaduna State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Amina Mohammed-Baloni, said on Monday one person has died of Lassa fever in the state. She, however, said the...
The Adamawa State Government said on Monday it has discovered four suspected cases of Lassa fever in the state. The Director of Public Health in the...
Lassa fever, also known as Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF), is a type of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by Lassa virus, a member of the arenavirus family...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Sunday donated Lassa fever protective kits and drugs to support the Delta State government in its efforts to check...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has given an update on the number of lives lost and those infected following the outbreak of Lassa Fever...
Director of Public Health, Enugu State Ministry of Health, Dr. Boniface Okolo has advised Nigerians to be conscious of their environmental hygiene to avoid being infected...
The Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency on Friday confirmed three new cases of Lassa fever in the state. The Executive Secretary of the Agency,...
Five cases of Lassa fever have been confirmed by the Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Dr Nimkong Ndam in the state. Ndam while addressing newsmen, said...
The first case of Lassa fever death has been recorded in Borno state after recent cases in Kano, Ondo and Ebonyi states. Dr Salisu Kwaya-Bura, the...
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum Chairman and Governor of Ekiti, Mr Kayode Fayemi has revealed, that states are working with the Federal Ministry of Health and other...
At least 19 persons have died in fresh Lassa fever outbreaks in Kano and Ondo States in the last few weeks, officials said. Three people have...
Sixteen people in Ondo state have been confirmed dead as a result of Lassa fever outbreak. Confirming the incident, the State Chief Epidemiologist, Dr Steven Fagbemi...
One person has died of Lassa fever in Olokoro community, Umuahia South local government area of Abia State. The Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Friday directed the immediate closure of a hospital where patients suffering from the deadly lasso fever disease were being diagnosed...
An outbreak of Lassa fever in Sierra Leone has forced the British government to send three of its nationals back home after they came in contact...