Lassa fever: Kwara govt, group disagree over deaths

Date: 2017-09-10

The Kwara State Chairman, Medical Outreach, National Association of Seadogs, Mr. Tunde Dairo, has said three people died in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State as a result of the current outbreak of Lassa Fever.

He added that 11 people had also died nationwide. He spoke to journalists on Saturday during the group's Lassa fever sensitisation in Ilorin, Kwara.

He called on organisations and individuals to partner the government to address the disease. He added that the group went to many streets and markets, and created awareness about the disease, its control and preventive measures.

He called on people to maintain good hygiene to drive away rodents, which he noted were the primary carriers of the disease.

Dairo said, "The essence of the campaign is to create awareness on Lassa fever in the state because we have been hearing cases of it even though it is not in a place. We decided to enlighten the public that good hygiene would help us manage the disease.

"The statistics of death from Lassa fever is three in Ifelodun LGA of Kwara and 11 in Nigeria. Blood specimen was sent to the virology laboratory in Oshodi, Lagos, confirming two cases at Babani village in Agunjin district and a case at Oro-Ago, all in Ifelodun LGA about a month ago. They all tested positive to Lassa fever and have all died. There is no case yet in Ilorin. But we feel compelled to nip it in the bud before it spreads all over.

"The preventive method is that people should avoid contact with rodents, which is the primary source of infection. When caring for infected people, they should wear protective clothing because they can easily contact it through droppings and body fluids. We need to sensitise the public on how to keep rodents from their houses.

"The government is doing its best. The government cannot do it all. The masses should be actively involved."

But the Kwara State Government denied any death resulting from Lassa fever.

The state Commissioner for Health, Mr. Sulaiman Alege, told SUNDAY PUNCH that the boy who the state government reported had been diagnosed with the disease in the state was still alive.

He added that 94 people had been quarantined in Babanla, Ifelodun LGA, including the parents of the boy and other people that had contact with the 10-year-old.

Alege, while commending the sensitisation efforts of the group, said the state Ministry of Health, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and the Federal Ministry of Health are the only appropriate authorities to declare the mortality rate of any disease.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Razaq Atunwa     Moronfoye     Ahmad Ali     Charcoal     Ibrahim Gambari     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Lotus Bank     Oba Abdulrahim     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Yemi Osinbajo     Ajike People Support Centre     Sa\'adu Gambari     Muhammed Danjuma     Kwabes     TIIDELab     Elekoyangan     Durbar     Idris Amosa Saidu     Arinola Lawal     Tanke Road     Lanre Olosunde     NULGE     Kwarareports.com     Abdulwaheed Musa     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Kwara United     Abraysports FC     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Ilorin Amusement Park     Belgore     Mohammed Lawal     Kwara Liberation Group     Yaru     SGBN     Tunde Idiagbon Road     John Olobayo     Goodluck Jonathan     Computer Based Test     Olosi Of Osi     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Photo News     SSA Youth Engagement     Saadu Alanamu     Ayinke Saka     Opobiyi     Tunji Oyawoye     Elerin Of Adanla     Barakat Community Secondary School     Jare Olatundun     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     George Innih     Ridwan Agboola     Saidu Isa     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Nupe     HICA     Cassava Growers\' Association     Bibire Ajape     Mohammed Saidu     Saad Omo Iya     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Medview Airlines     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     James Ayeni     AbdulRahman Saad     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Micheal Imoudu     Amuda Aluko     UNILORIN Alumni     Sam Onile     Seun Bolaji    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yusuf Lawal     KWASEIC     Saliu Oluwole     Sobi Hill     Joseph Bamigboye     LAK Jimoh     Alabi Lawal     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Ilorin Amusement Park     Gbenga Adebayo     Baruten     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Bamidele Aluko     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     CT Ayeni     Osuwa     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Magaji Are     ER-KANG Mining     General Hospital, Offa     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Tosin Saraki     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Abraysports FC     Ilorin Airport     Mutawali     Oya State     Olabanji Orilonishe     Paul Olawoore     Taofik Mustapha     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Olushola Saraki     Government House     Kanu Agabi     Salihu Ajia     Seed Technologies     Timothy Akangbe     Sabi     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Amos Sayo     Kwara Basketball Association     Salman Jawondo     Akanji     Kisra     Sobi FM     Ilorin International Airport     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     ASMAU PLAZA     Alanamu     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Ayinde Oki     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Kayode Ishola     Salake     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Col. Adedipe     Yoonus Lawal     Ijagbo     Isiaka Yusuf     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Oba Abdulrahim     Moses Afolayan     Olaiya Lawal     Ogbondoroko     Orire     Tanke Road     Moremi High School     Lateef Fagbemi     ASKOMP     Alapado     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library