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.

Kayode Oyin Zubair     Kwara State Polytechnic     Kumbi Titilope     Abdulmutalib Shittu     IHS Towers     Saidu Kawu     Share     Shuaib Olarongbe     Kamaldeen Gambari     MATTA Girls Foundation     Hussein Olokooba     TESCOM     MINILS     Nigerian Medical Association     Borgu     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Apaokagi     Olatunde Olukoya     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Yusuf Arowosaye     Mohammed Lawal     Apado     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Madawaki     Opobiyi     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Air Peace     Unilorin     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Oyun     Najim Yaasin     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Ilorin International Airport     Amuda Bembe     Jebba     Kulende     Tunde Akanbi     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Tafida     Asa LGEA School     Kanu Agabi     Aliyu Muyideen     Kemi Adeosun     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Mazars Consulting     Kwabes     Ayo Opadokun     Kayode Yusuf     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Oko-Erin     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Police Commissioner     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Abdullahi Atanda     Henry Olaosebikan     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Abiodun Oyedepo     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Taofeeq Olateju     Garba Idris Ajia     Offorjama     Fareedah Dankaka     Oluwole Dupe     Moremi High School     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Hijaab    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Shuaib Olarongbe     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Mohammed Yisa     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Tope Daramola     Aminat Ahmed     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     BECE     Ohoro Of Shao     Akeem Lawal     Okeose Christian Cementary     LEAH Charity Foundation     Eghe Igbinehi     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Okanlawon Musa     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Kamaldeen Gambari     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Turaki     Amasa     Mufti Of Ilorin     Aremu Bose Deborah     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Raheem Adaramaja     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Third Estate     Ilorin Airport     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Tayo Awodiji     Ahman Pategi University     Awoye     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Assayomo     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Isin     Kwara Central     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Inside Kwara     Jaiz Bank     Awwal Jawondo     Maigida Soludero Transit     Toyin Sanusi     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Kwara North     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Esuwoye     Saka Balikis Kehinde     IDPU     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Yakubu Dogara     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Kunbi Titiloye     John Mayokun Dada     Tafida Of Kaiama     Curfew     Council Of The Wise     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Baruba     Agor Market     Mogaji Aare     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Tunde Oyawoye     AbdulHamid Adi     Mazars Consulting     Rueben Parejo     Ladi Hassan     Muhammadu Gobir     Ileloke     Okasanmi Ajayi     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Okoolowo     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Timothy Akangbe     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya