The Gombe State Ministry of Health on Friday said that 10 people suspected to have contacted the Lassa fever virus had tested negative.
Dr Joshua Abubakar, the Ministry’s Director of Public Health, told newsmen in Gombe on Friday that, the result of their blood samples recently taken to a laboratory in Lagos tested negative.
According to him, the only patient who tested positive has been discharged after being treated and certified free.
He said also that those who came in contact with the patient while on admission had been certified free too.
"The state rapid response team has intensified surveillance, and sensitisation in all the 11 local government areas and the emirate council.
"We equally have focal officers in all the wards saddled with the responsibilities of reporting any suspicious cases,'' he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports recently that an eight-year -old girl from the state was said to have contacted the Lassa fever virus.
Source: Daily Trust News
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