Lassa Fever: Everything Under Control – NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that the current outbreak of Lassa fever in the country is under control.
Lassa fever has killed 43 people in 10 states across Nigeria
Speaking to blizzvibe, the director of the NCDC, Abdulsalami Nasidi said the disease is already being tackled by the centre.
He said:  “We have already given the hospital drugs and the minister and myself we went there yesterday and we have sanitized and sensitized and they are doing very well.”
“The other patient is currently being treated,” Nasidi said.
He said the centre in collaboration with the ministry of health and relevant agencies in the country is working towards tracing all primary and secondary contacts of the first Abuja victim of the disease who died at the National Hospital in Abuja on Wednesday, January 13.
The victim, a 33-year old man, Nasidi said was transferred from a private hospital in Kubwa area of Abuja.
The first Abuja victim was said to have come from Jos, the Plateau state capital, due to the illness.
Nasidi also added that all the mechanisms that were put in place and used in the fight against the Ebola Virus Disease had helped in the present situation.
He said: “Had it being we did not have those mechanisms in place, maybe things would have been worse.”
He urged all residents in Abuja to stay calm and maintain a highly hygienic lifestyle, ensure a clean environment and report any sign of fever to the nearest hospital for immediate attention.
“No need to panic because the patient came from outside, the only place one could be worried about is the hospital (a private hospital) which we have all mobilized our team to handle, so need to panic; our team are on the field now,” he said.
The Nigerian government has said that Lassa fever has killed 43 people from 10 states across Nigeria.
According to the World Health organization (WHO), lassa fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness caused by the Lassa virus.
It is said to be transmitted to humans from contacts with food or household items contaminated with rodent excreta. Person-to-person infections and laboratory transmissions can also occur, especially in a hospital environment.
Diagnosis and prompt treatment, the WHO said, are essential.

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