Lassa fever: During dry season di killer disease dey worry, see 12 habits to prevent am
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) don advise Health care workers to shine dia eyes well-well on top Lassa fever mata afta report come out say di disease don kill pipo for Ondo and Kano state.
Rats wey dey cause Lassa fever plenty for West Africa According to NCDC, Lassa Fever outbreak dey plenti well-well during di dry season because of ecological factors. Lassa Fever kill two doctors and one pregnant woman on Tuesday according to Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) for Kano State North West region of di kontri, while inside Ondo state for South West region, di NCDC report say na like 16 pipo don die from Lassa Fever sickness. Kano state NMA later add say dem don quarantine all primary contacts and di tracing of oda contact go continue from today. Lassa Fever na acute viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) wey Lassa virus dey cause and dis virus dey for Mastomys natalensis rodent (wey dem know as di multimammate rat). Wetin you need to do to prevent am. Di Nigeria Centre for Disease Control tok say Lassa fever na major public health challenge for West Africa, and Nigeria na im dey bear di highest burden. Dis na dia advise to prevent am. Wetin be di Sign and and Symptom of Lassa Fever Lassa Fever dey come first like any oda febrile (fever) sickness like malaria. Di time between infection and wen di symptoms go begin dey appear for di body na 2 to 21 days. According to NCDC, early treatment and diagnosis dey increase di chances of survival. Di symptom include; Source: Nigeria Centre for Disease Control