There are reports that the spread of Lassa Fever has reached Lagos following the tale of the death of a patient in Abuja.
According
to a report by Punch Newspaper, a suspected Lassa fever patient had
died on Friday evening,
Janaury 15, 2016 at the State House Clinic in
Abuja.
The patient, a male, who reportedly bled
from various parts of his body, was said to have been confirmed dead
after two weeks of been sick.
While the deceased
remains had been deposited at the SHC morgue, the Minister of Health,
Prof. Isaac Adewole, was reported to have visited the clinic and
directed that blood specimen should be obtained to conduct a full
laboratory test to confirm the cause of death.
Following
this, the health minister held a meeting with health officials on the
Lassa fever outbreak in the country and the measures to curb it which
include distribution of Glabarine injections and tablets to states having outbreaks of the disease.
Meanwhile, a case of Lassa fever has been reportedly confirmed at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba, Lagos.
The
minister of health had announced the death of the first Lassa fever
patient at the National Hospital, Abuja last Wednesday and on the number
of fatalities from the disease across the country had risen to 43.