Tuesday, 20 June 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Lassa fever - West Africa (22): Nigeria (AN)

Lassa Fever -- Nigeria
The authorities of Anambra State on [Mon 19 Jun 2017] confirmed that a nursing student was killed by Lassa Fever, while 65 others were being monitored.
Speaking with newsmen in Awka, the Director of Public Health, State Ministry of Health, Dr Emmanuel Okafor, said that the deceased (name withheld) was a student in a private nursing school in Nkpor, Idemili North.
Okafor said that the lady was admitted at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Awka, on [Sun 11 Jun

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2rNGcXB

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