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.

Doyin Awoyale     Plat Technologies     Principal Private Secretary     Mutawalle     Haliru Yahaya     Umaru Saro     CACOVID Palliatives     Yemi Sanni     Alore     3MTT     AIT Ilorin     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Sunday Popo-Ola     Muhammadu Gobir     Quranic Recitation Competition     Adeleke Ogungbe     Kwara Polytechnic     PharmAccess Foundation     Sheriff Shagaya     Michael Nzwekwe     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Sai Kayi     Woro     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Kumbi Titilope     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Isiaka Gold     Lateef Fagbemi     Tsado Manman     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Okin High School     Emmanuel Bello     Okin Biscuit     Binta Sulyman     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Oja-Oba     March 18     Flights To Ilorin     Mohammed Haruna     Lanre Badmas     Kwara Consultative Forum     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Maryam Ado Bayero     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Bursary     Solomon Edoja     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Segun Ogunsola     Khairat Gwadabe     Kwara State Sports Commission     Yakubu Dogara     Amuda Musbau     Ibrahim Labaika     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Olabanji Orilonishe     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Tunji Oyawoye     Muhammadu Buhari     Asa     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     CLAY POT     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Emir Of Yashikira     Atiku Abubakar     SWAN     Yunus Lawal     Ibrahim Orire     Ifelodun     Abdulwaheed Musa     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Ayegbeni     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Baruten     Bond     Bibire Ajape    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Binta Sulyman     Basit Olatunji     Nagode     Ajia-Bako     Local Government     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Yusuf A. Usman     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Ilorin General Hospital     Tsaragi     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Bayo Onimago     Kwara 2019     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Ibrahim Oniye     Playing Host     Tope Daramola     Baboko Primary School     Moro     Danhawa     SARS     Mazars Consulting     Ronke Adeyemi     Kunle Akogun     Haliru Yahaya     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Ilorin Durbar     Olatomiwa Williams     Ogidi-Oloje     Matthew Babaoye     Alanamu     Saka Adeyemo     Wasiu Odewale     Yusuf Mubarak     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Ariyo     Amos Justus Sayo     Olawuyi     Bolaji Nagode     Emir Of Kano     Sabo-Oke     Photo News     Ilesha-Baruba     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Bashir Badawi     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     David Oyedepo     Afonja     Oyelere Oyinloye     Elesie Of Esie     Centre For Digital Economy     IPSAS     Saheed Alakoso     Mashood Dauda     Folashade Omoniyi     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     International Aviation College     George Innih     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Ahmed Dankaya     Baakini     Elese Of Igbaja     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Hijab     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Mohammed Saidu     Esinrogunjo     Baba Idris     Lanwa     Umar Ayinla Saro     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Ajuloopin     Jare Olatundun     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Abubakar Suleiman