Another Nurse Isolated, Tests Positive for Lassa Fever in Kaduna


Posted on: Tue 08-03-2016

Another Nurse has been isolated and is currently receiving treatment at the infectious disease center in kaduna having tested positive for lassa fever
 
The chairman of kaduna state chapter of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Dr Muhammed Sani Ibrahim disclosed this to newsmen yesterday, saying that the isolated health worker is a colleague to the doctor and nurse that died of lassa fever after carrying out operation on a pregnant woman in zonkwa.
 
she is a colleague to the dead health workers and was actively involved in their treatment. She was regarded as one of the primary contacts and was under surveillance. 
 
When symptoms started showing, she was picked immediately, her sample was taken and she tested positive. She has been isolated and she is receiving treatment, he said
 
It was reported last week that lassa fever killed a pregnant woman and the doctor and nurse that carried out an operation on her in Zonkwa