The Edo State Government has recorded 13 deaths from the outbreak of Lassa fever across the state. The Director, Public Health in the state’s Ministry of Health, Dr Stephenson Ojeifo, also said the state has confirmed three cases of Monkey pox (Mpox) but with no mortality. Speaking with Daily Trust at the weekend, Ojeifo said the state has recorded 83 …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported a decline in confirmed Lassa fever cases for Epidemiological Week 3 of 2025. Fatalities remain a concern, with 39 deaths recorded so far this year. The NCDC disclosed this in its latest Lassa Fever Situation Report published on its official website on Sunday. According to the report, confirmed cases …

Edo has recorded 56 Lassa fever cases and eight deaths between 30 December 2024 and January 2025, says the Commissioner for Health, Dr Cyril Oshiomhole. Oshiomhole confirmed the incident on Friday in Benin while formally declaring the situation of Lassa fever in the state. “The 2025 epidemic year began on 30 December 2024. Since then, 336 suspected cases have been …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded 1,154 confirmed cases of Lassa fever out of the 9,492 suspected cases and 190 deaths so far in 2024. At a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, the Director General of the NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, disclosed that “There has been an alarming increase in Lassa fever cases and …

The Oyo State Rapid Response Team, on Thursday, confirmed four deaths linked to a suspected Lassa fever outbreak in the Saki West Local Government Area of the state. A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, in Ibadan, the state capital, quoted his counterpart from the Ministry of Health, Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, saying the fatalities consisted three males …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), has confirmed a total of 168 deaths, including 17 probable, due to Lassa fever between January and August 2024. This represents a case fatality rate of 17.1 per cent out of the 7,973 suspected cases reported across 127 local government areas in 28 states. In its latest update, the agency revealed …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed more than 30 pathogens that are likely to cause the next pandemic in the African region. This was revealed in its latest report titled, ‘Pathogens prioritisation: A scientific framework for epidemic and pandemic research preparedness’. Among the viruses and bacteria are Lassa fever, Mpox, Ebola, dengue fever, respiratory virus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, …

No fewer than 202 lives were lost to Lassa fever and cholera in the past six months, according to data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). The NCDC stated that the country recorded 6,704 suspected Lassa fever cases and 162 deaths across 125 local government areas in 28 states, while the death toll from the …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported one death and confirmed 15 new cases of Lassa fever within one week across the country. The NCDC said this in a situation report for Week 13 published on its website on Friday. Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic illness transmitted to humans through contact with food or …

The Delta State Government on Friday confirmed two deaths following the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. The state commissioner for Health, Dr Joseph Onojaeme, who confirmed this in Asaba while speaking to journalists listed the affected local government areas where the cases were recorded as Okpe, Oshimili North, Oshimili South, and Ndokwa East council areas. He said, “Emergency …