Lassa Fever -- Nigeria
A mother and her 2-week-old baby have been confirmed dead following a recent outbreak of Lassa fever in Rivers State.
Vanguard gathered that the woman lost her life on 30 Dec 2015 after successfully giving birth through caesarean, while the baby later died on 1 Jan [2016], having contracted the deadly Viral Hemorrhagic Disease from her late mother.
Confirming the deaths, the Rivers State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Theophilus Odagme, said when the symptoms of Lassa Fever were noticed in
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