Lassa Fever Kills 19 As Bauchi Discharges Three COVID-19 Patients

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LASSA FEVER

Lassa Fever Kills 19 As Bauchi Discharges Three COVID-19 Patients


Bauchi State Government has announced that 19 people have lost their lives to Lassa fever in the state.

The Deputy Governor and Chairman of the state’s Taskforce on Disease Control, Baba Tela, disclosed this to newsmen Thursday.

He explained that out of the six cases of COVID-19 in the state, four patients, including the governor, had been discharged.

“We now have only two patients,” he added.

Tela said that one of the active cases tested negative. “If his second test comes out negative, we will discharge him.”

On Lassa fever, he put the number of casualties at 19, adding that 48 others were under medication and recovering “very well”.

The state has approved N25 million for the control of Lassa fever while N1.98 million was approved for the procurement of virus transport medium (VTM), he noted.