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.

Islamiya Abdulraheem     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Biliaminu Aliu     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Kehinde Boyede     Simeon Ajibola     Aliyu U. Tilde     Odo-Owa     Wasiu Odewale     Senate President     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Playing Host     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Kwha.gov.ng     Ayobami Seriki     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Aiyedun     Obayomi Azeez     Owode Market     Peter Obi     Omotoso     Mustapha Olanipekun     Mohammed Abduraheem     Adeniyi Ojo     Abdulrosheed Okiki     UNILORIN Alumni     Waheed Ibrahim     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Iyabo Adewuyi     Charcoal     Yusuf Mubarak     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Olatunde Jare     Sabo-Oke     Owu Fall     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Kwara Volleyball Association     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Olatunde Olukoya     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Eleja     Bayer AG     Centre For Digital Economy     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Kale Belgore     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Lanre Issa Onilu     CACOVID Palliatives     Alaiye     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     11th Galadima     Taofeek Sanusi     Binta Abubakar Mora     James Ayeni     Folaranmi Aro     Okanlawon Taiwo     Sulyman Buhari     Fola Consultant     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Emir Of Ilorin     Aminu Adisa Logun     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Ilorin Emirate     Iyiola Oyedepo     Oluwole Dupe     3MTT     Mazars Consulting     Amuda Aluko     Lanre Olosunde     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Emir Of Kano     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Transition Implementation Committee    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Onikijipa     Plat Technologies     Haleeman Salman     Adamu Attah     Mogaji Aare     Democracy Day     Adesoye     Ibrahim Mohammed     Ilorin South     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Eleyele     Ilesha-Baruba     Share     Ademola Kiyesola     Kwara Consultative Forum     Bolaji Nagode     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Olayinka Are     Oyedepo     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Bashiru Makama     Sa\'adu Gambari     Mansur Alfanla     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Musa Aibinu     FERMA     Kwara United     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Funmilayo Oniwa     Hussein Olokooba     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Adama Isa     Kolawole Akande     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Facebook     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     FOMWAN     Mazars Consulting     Magaji Erubu     Yunus Lawal     Saba Jibril     Rafiu Ibrahim     Yoonus Lawal     Local Government Pension Board     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Garba Idris Ajia     Tanke Road     N-Power     Kishira     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Kwara Liberation Group     Kwara State Fire Service     Ojuekun Sarumi     Paul Odama     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Government High School Adeta     GRA     Afeyin-Olukuta     Simeon Ajibola     Oko Erin     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Kunle Suleiman     Ndama Al-hassan     Ebola     Seed Technologies     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Sarah Jubril