LASSA FEVER: First Case Confirmed in Lagos
The dreadful Lassa fever disease has hit Lagos as a 25-year-old student from the Ahmadu Bello University tested positive at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba. The patient was reportedly first admitted at a private hospital in Ojokoro area of the state before the diagnosis.
Confirming the report, Health Minister, Professor Isaac Adewole, said the patient was responding to treatment.
So far, 40 deaths have been confirmed in different states following the outbreak.
Symptoms of the disease include high fever for more than two days, vomiting, bleeding from the nose, mouth and anus. Maintaining proper hygiene and ensuring food and food items are properly covered and preserved from rodents curbs the chances of falling prey.
God help us all
Nawah
God help us
Hmmmm
God help us oh.
May God have mercy
Oh no! Jesus please help your children!
God will deliver d way he delivered us from ebola
God na ur hands we dey oh
O Lord ve mercy n deliver ur children
Mercy lord
The end is near.pestilence is one of the signs.
God help us
Lord pls deliver youi children
May God deliver us.
God we are in your hands oo
May God help us o
Into your hands lord we commit our spirit, soul and body.
I don’t think people are paying attention to this outbreak. Ebola didn’t kill 40 people but people were very much at alert.
God will not allow us to be consumed by egyptian sickness
save us ooo