NEWS: LASSA FEVER, 65 pipu dey under surveillance One student don poof for Anambra State.

E don dey confirm by the Anambra State authorities say one nursing student don pooff of Lassa Fever, and 65 others still dey under beta monitoring.

the Director of Public Health, State Ministry of Health, Dr Emmanuel Okafor, say the student wey pooff so na student of one private nursing school for Nkpor, Idemili North. Okafor say the lady been dey admitted for Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Awka, on June 11 before she dey transfer her go the General Hospital, Irua, inside Edo for diagnosis where she pooff on June 17.
“She was initially admitted at Amaku in Awka before she was transferred to Irua and was placed on admission there. She was bleeding from the gums, nostril and vagina and was confirmed Lassa Fever victim in Irua. The moment it was confirmed that she had Lassa fever, we started contacts tracing.
“As of now, we have about 65 we are following up, two of them have developed fever and their samples have been taken to Irua. We are still tracking others and we have advised them on what to do to ensure they do not transfer it to their loved ones,” Okafor yarn so.