Delta State
Government on Monday confirmed a fresh outbreak of the dreaded Lassa fever,
saying that a woman, Mrs Roseline Ekev, a native of Umuolu community, Ndokwa
East local government of the state who had been battling with the disease since
August this year has died.
Noting that
two others (names withheld) suspected to have been infected by the disease have
been quarantined, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Mordi Ononye who spoke
to journalists at a media briefing, confirmed that the state government was
committed to ending the spread of the disease. He added that though it was
unfortunate the victim died, officials of the state Ministry of Health
conducted a thorough investigation in the entire Umuolu community and found no
further trace of the disease.
He said that
the state government health managers are currently working across the state to
timely intervene in case of any suspicious outbreak or fresh cases, urging the
people who have treated malaria with no headway to report to the nearest hospital
for treatment. He said,” There is already a solution to the disease’s outbreak,
and the state government being passionate about the health of Deltans, will do
everything possible to protect them.”
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