•Lassa fever The Benue State government has confirmed the death of 10 health workers following an outbreak of Lassa fever, with 45 cases testing positive out of 250 suspected infections recorded across the state. The State Epidemiologist, Dr Msuega Asema, disclosed this yesterday during an assessment visit by the Commissioner for Health and Hu...
•Lassa fever As Nigeria moves deeper into its annual Lassa fever season, an unsettling pattern has emerged: the virus is increasingly infecting the very people tasked with containing it. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), more than 15 healthcare workers across multiple states had contracted Lassa fever as of Epidemiolo...
•Lassa fever The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention, NCDC, today in an advisory to healthcare workers called for a heightened index of suspicion and strict compliance with Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures following a disturbing rise in Lassa fever infections among medical personnel. In a p...
•Lassa Fever The Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency (KWEPA) has warned food processors, garri production centres, and street food vendors across the state to comply with strict hygiene and waste management standards or face sanctions, as part of efforts to curb the spread of Lassa fever. In a statement issued by its Press Secretary, A...
•Lassa fever Plateau State has confirmed an outbreak of Lassa fever affecting seven local government areas, with 11 positive cases and four deaths recorded since December 2025. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Nicholas Baamlong, disclosed this during a press briefing today at the Ministry of Health in Jos, where he provided an update on the [&h...
•Lasser fever A medical doctor at the Bingham University Teaching Hospital (BHUTH) has been killed after contracting Lassa fever while attending to a patient diagnosed with the disease. The deceased, Dr. Salome Oboyi, a senior resident doctor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, died after battling the viral infection, reports Dail...
•Lassa Fever The Benue State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Paul Ogwuche, has confirmed that four healthcare professionals are among those affected in the recent Lassa Fever outbreak in the state. Dr. Ogwuche disclosed that the affected health workers included three nurses and one community health worker, all of whom were acti...
•Lassa fever At least seven new suspected cases of Lassa fever have been recorded in Benue State as fear heightens over the possible spread of the viral disease across the state. The State Epidemiologist, Dr. Asema Msuega, who made the disclosure to journalists in Makurdi, noted that samples had already been collected from the affected [&helli...
Lassa Fever, the hemorrhagic virus, endemic in parts of West Africa, is now surging with renewed force, overwhelming Nigeria’s fragile health systems and exposing dangerous gaps in preparedness. Containment failures and chronic under-investment have left frontline workers ill-equipped to stem the tide. As infections climb, experts caution tha...
•Lassa fever The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported that 172 people have died from Lassa fever across the country so far in 2025. In its latest situation report released yesterday, the agency said a total of 924 confirmed cases have been recorded as of epidemiological week 40. The figure represents […]...
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