The case, which was diagnosed at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, involves a 25-year-old student from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
The patient is said to have been admitted first at a private hospital in Ojokoro area of Lagos State.
According to the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, the patient is responding to treatment.
The death of a Lassa Fever victim at the National Hospital in Abuja, the nation’s capital, had brought the total number of deaths to 43 in the country, from 10 states.
Announcing the death at the National Hospital on Wednesday, the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, called on health workers at all levels to be more vigilant and look out for patients with symptoms of Lassa Fever.
The Minister advised residents of affected states not to panic but to maintain high level vigilance and present themselves for test if they feel unhealthy or they feel symptoms of Lassa Fever which include high fever, stooling, tiredness and vomiting among others.
He cautioned that self-medication should be avoided at this period.
culled from environmentnigeria.com
Hmmm this Lassa fever is getting out of hand oh...na wah.please everyone should really be careful.I am just wondering why Nigeria cannot contain all these!
Ahahaa! I tot is for ppl that eat rat. Nawa o. Am leaving lag tomorrow, no time
ReplyDeleteIf you like go to ngbedala if it wants to locate you it will so spare me that shit you wrote up there .
DeleteOne of the prophecies by daddy adeboye was that we should pray for against the sudden break of dangerous disease in this country....well...
DeleteAll of una wey dey buy food upandan kikikikikikiki, fried indomie from aboki, ewa agoin from mama funke, fufu from iya ireti, soup from Mama nkem , una go hear nwi... Kwentinue
DeleteEvery where food dey, una go stretch neck like elastic band...
Hahahaha @ elsatic band. Pls I can't.
DeleteLol @ stretch neck like elastic band.
DeleteLmao @anonymous 15:56
DeleteLolllll dis na real Comedy!
DeleteLolll elastic band
Lord have mercy.
ReplyDeleteHmm, na wah!
DeleteGod save us
ReplyDeletePlease hope the person family, friends, neighbour's, the first hospital he visited are all under quarantine??
ReplyDeleteLagos is too big a place..
Lord protect us..
Now I have to stop hugging people again.. Or touching people
And children have resumed
And Buhari is not doing anything about it!...
ReplyDeleteMtcheeeeww....
Imagine Buhari was Our president during the Ebola saga....we wouldn't have been able to get out of it..clueless old man
DeleteWhat do you want him to do about it.im sure health workers are already working on this so it's not gonna spread.do not be quick to judge or always blame the president.its very wrong. You could be a leader one day.it is well with you ijn.God bless and purify your soul.
DeleteWhat is Buhari suppose to do about this please?? Come out and catch the rat in your house or what??
DeleteWhy does he have minister of health?? Why are their health practitioners?? Please sometimes let us be practical with or comments
I don't remember Goodluck stopping ebola from spreading but the doctor who sacrificed her health..
What do you want the President to do for you? Catch the rats? Hope your stupidity is not hereditary or contagious?
DeleteYou stink of ignorance! !!!..bear it in mind that Ebola was curbed by Fasholas Doggedness and Fashola is APC. Your GEJ is still dumb.
DeleteI hope you know howmany times Nigeria had outbreak of lassafever since 1967 when it was first discovered.
What did GEJ do when there was Lassa fever outbreak in PH back then? I did not say Ebola, there was Lassa fever in PH bk then when 3 UPTH doctors were quarantined.
Please get educated!
In fact because of that Ebola thing ehn, I respect Fashola and his team till tomorrow. That was the best response to any outbreak ever. Even other countries bowed to Nigeria bcos of that. Upon say we no dey equipped o.
DeleteI cleaned and dusted the house this morning like never before. I hate rats, i can't stand rats. I made sure there is no entrance door for it to enter my house, and even if they do find a way by chance, they can't stay cos there is no room..
ReplyDeleteA sure way to combat the lassa fever is by having good sanitary hygiene.
I hope paranoia doesnt set in..
And avoid contact with sick people as you can't tell who has the virus..
DeleteIt can be contacted thru body fluid like sweat, blood etc
Lasgidi too, oh no
ReplyDelete*Ayah Shehu *
How do we prevent it? Is it like Ebola virus?
ReplyDeleteYes...
DeleteDeadlier than ebola
As you can sometime mistake the symptoms for malaria giving it a chance to become chronic..
Can be contacted same way ebola spreads
@stella...can u rid all slums and hood in nigeria of rats? D answer is no.
ReplyDeleteNway,i thought the cmd of luth refuted d claims earlier on.
Only if people learn to live in good and healthy environment. Some of these sicknesses are manageable if we eradicate rats as much as we can. There are rat gums that can catch rats. Especially these mice. But no, we humans love when kasala don burst then we start measures. Its only a pity innocent people will become affected and infected due to carelessness. As e don enter Lagos, na only God go save us cos the movement rate to this town is high, especially after the Yuletide season. People drying garri, zobo drinkers and kunu whatever should ease off for now. Zobo was the major cause one period when it hit Edo state which was synonymous with lassa fever, but now the north has taken over.
ReplyDeleteHope this gets contained though.
Like i said before, when Ebola came, we overcame it by God's Grace. We shall overcome this too by HIS Grace.
ReplyDeleteGod will save all his people, I know me and my house hold will never get lassa fever. You spirit of lassa fever I cast you our if this country and state in Jesus name. Amen
ReplyDeleteHmmm God Abeg oh.
ReplyDeleteEh eh God have mercy on us! It's becoming too much. I cover myself and my household with the blood of Jesus
ReplyDeleteNa wa o. God pls help thy children o
ReplyDeleteIf ebola had started in other states,it won't be the same story. It is obvious some states are just too crippled,they can't contain common malaria fever talkless of lassa. May God save us all.
ReplyDeleteMention the name only dey give HBP.
ReplyDeleteFg be chasing shadows and this is busy circulating. Bubu u n yr men make una try contend this like GEJ did o.
ReplyDeleteContend this Ko container ni!
DeleteOlodo
Oops
ReplyDeleteThe federal government should do something about this lassa fever fast!! It's already getting out of hand.
ReplyDeleteFederal govt should employ maid for everyone that will keep the environment clean and eradicate rats?
DeleteThen you will be here on blogs talking nonsense.
Stella pls confirm,if its LUTH or LASUTH because some people says its LASUTH.God help us. Our pastor na STD now!!!!!
ReplyDeletei remember when i was a student at ambrose alli university,dis was one of our biggest fears as students were dying from the virus.those market women that spread garri to dry giving the rats opportunity to walk and urinate on it. no more garri for me and my family for nw oo,tank God i still hav from last year.semo,wheat,poundo and amala toh badt for nw.God save us all.the worst part is recognising the symptoms before its too late as early detection is the key
ReplyDeleteLord, help us o. On the good side, this disease will curb our men and women from been randy, it will also make married men eat more of their wives food. Hehehehe..
ReplyDeleteOn the bad side it's still a disease and needs to be curbed and eradicated.
It's a good thing you have a business... Comedy no fit you atall, stick to your day job.
DeleteI read this morning where the minister of health was blaming GEJ for Lassa fever n I was like why blame the man for your incompetence. When we had Ebola there was a quick response.
ReplyDeleteIs this a joke or something?...
DeleteLmao
DeleteHow can he blame Gej for lassa fever??
Meanwhile the person who was confirmed with lassa fever in Lagos, I don't think he got it in Lagos.. I think he just came into Lagos and happen to have had the symptoms...
Inukwa blame GEJ.hian!
DeleteWe shall overcome.
God will always protect his people but clean environment applies here.leaving food remnants that will attract rodents and exposing bin area should be avoided pls. Don't expose food and soups. I don't know if light is steady now in naija but if not, buy what you can consume for now. Health is wealth ooo my people.
ReplyDeleteGod will always protect his people but clean environment applies here.leaving food remnants that will attract rodents and exposing bin area should be avoided pls. Don't expose food and soups. I don't know if light is steady now in naija but if not, buy what you can consume for now. Health is wealth ooo my people.
ReplyDelete@Mao, enough of ur cheap lies. Was it the GEJ that acted swiftly during the Ebola crisis? Pls dont give someone's credit to another. It was Fashola who worked tirelessly then not GEJ.
ReplyDeleteAnd Fashola worked tiredly in other state too right? Receive sense
DeleteAs Ebola is to Gej
So
Lassa is to PMB
Thank you!!!!! Fashola did not GEJ abeg. Now we beg Ambode to act too
DeleteLassa was one of our major fear as student of Ambrose Alli University. Those days u always hear of student who die from Lassa fever. It is quite common in Ekpoma and Lassa is not a new disease.there is a hospital in irrua were specialist trained on Lassa virus are maybe dey could be contacted to help manage the spread.
ReplyDeleteEnd time epidemic
ReplyDeleteGod will protect us always, and give us the wisdom to curb this disease from our nation.
ReplyDeleteHian! sounds like a joke but it's real
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