#LassaFever: Two New Cases Recorded In Edo State

Posted on: Mon 07-08-2017

Two cases of Lassa fever have been recorded in the Akoko Edo local government area of Edo State. The director of primary healthcare in the local government, Sunday Yerimo confirmed the development.

He said the two infected persons had been moved to the Irrua Specialist Hospital to contain the spread of the disease.

Mr. Yerumoh said the council had stepped up its campaign on maintaining a clean environment at all times, to stem the tide of the virus, and urged people of the community to be vigilant and avoid contact with rats.

“We need to step up preventive measures and this means people must maintain a high level of hygiene at all times.

“Foodstuffs should be kept in rodent-proof containers and people should also desist from drying their food stuffs on the road, as they never can tell when rats will defecate or urinate on them,’’ he said.

The primary healthcare director said the local government would continue to sensitise the community on the danger of lassa fever and other related diseases.

“We will continue to carry out sensitisation at every flag-off opportunity of our health programme, to enable our disease surveillance officers to enlighten the people on the danger of lassa fever and other related diseases.

“We will continue to go round the communities to sensitise the people to ensure they keep their environment clean from any form of diseases,’’ he said.

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