The Rivers State Centre for Disease Control has confirmed that it has received four reports of suspected cases of Lassa fever in the State. The Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health in the State, Dr. Chinwe Tonye-Atata, disclosed this yesterday in Port Harcourt while giving updates on the report, noting that 57 persons have been placed under surveillance in Rivers. She said findings show that two out of the four cases reported are not Lassa fever, while two other results are being awaited from the National Reference Laboratories for Virology. She informed that an indigene of Rivers State was diagnosed with Lassa fever in Edo State recently, regretting that the victim died on January 22, 2020, at a Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo. According to Tonye-Atata, “In the last weeks, we received four reports of lassa fever, all those case has received adequate attention, it has been investigated and two discarded.

Source: The Guardian January 25, 2020 03:22 UTC