Lassa Fever -- Benin
"From 21 Jan - 13 Feb [2016], 68 cases have been recorded and 23 deaths reported," public health national director Yorou Chabi Orou Bagou told Xinhua.
Benin health authorities were alerted in January [2016] when a pregnant woman showed signs of the disease died at Tchaourou' St Martin de Papane hospital. In addition, 6 health workers were [documented as having] similar symptoms in the same hospital-center, located in the north eastern part of the country.
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