Nigeria: Tension As 6 Suspected Lassa Fever Patients Escape From Isolation Center in Nasarawa

Nigeria: Tension As 6 Suspected Lassa Fever Patients Escape From Isolation Center in Nasarawa

There was anxiety in Lafia and Awe local government areas of Nasarawa State following the escape of six persons suspected to have been infected with Lassa fever from the Federal University of Lafia Teaching Hospital Isolation Center.

Lassa Fever kill four including pregnant woman in Nasarawa

Suspected Lassa fever has claimed the lives of four people, including two pregnant women in Awe LGA of Nasarawa State.

4 Die Of Lassa Fever In Nasarawa

Four people, including two pregnant women, have died from suspected Lassa fever in Awe LGA of Nasarawa State. The general hospital in Awe has been shut down, and health workers, including the medical superintendent, have been isolated as a precautionary measure. The outbreak was said to have started when a woman was brought to a health facility with symptoms suspected to be Lassa fever and died before receiving treatment, and her husband later d…

Suspected Lassa Fever Outbreak Claims Four Lives in Nasarawa

A suspected outbreak of Lassa fever in Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State has resulted in the deaths of four persons

6 Suspected Lassa Fever Patients Escape From Isolation Centre

There is anxiety in Lafia and Awe local government areas of Nasarawa State following the escape of six persons suspected to have been infected with Lassa fever from the Federal University of Lafia Teaching Hospital Isolation Centre. The escapees were brought to the facility by the State Ministry of Health’s response team on the suspicion that they may be at risk following their contact with a patient believed to have died of complications from t…

Six Suspected Lassa Fever Patients Escape Isolation in Nasarawa - TV360 Nigeria

Residents of Lafia and Awe local government areas in Nasarawa State were alarmed after six individuals suspected of Lassa fever exposure escaped from the Federal University of Lafia Teaching Hospital Isolation Center. The patients were brought to the facility after possible contact with a patient who died nine days earlier from symptoms suspected to be Lassa fever. Blood samples were sent to a reference lab at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Cont…