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.

Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Cassava Growers\' Association     Olabimpe Olani     Christopher Odetunde     Kayode Ishola     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Adanla-Irese     Aliyu Adebayo     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Iyabo Adewuyi     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     YAKOOYO     Jimoh Akani     All Peoples Party     Ahmed     Yakub Ali-Agan     Kwara United     Ademola Kiyesola     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Azeez Salawu     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Hamid Bobboyi     Bluenile Associates     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Tayo Awodiji     Yusuf Mubarak     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Tanke Road     Okeose Christian Cementary     Oke-Ode     Isau     N-Power     Nurudeen Mohammed     General Hospital, Ilorin     Olatunji Ayeni     Kisira     Sunday Popo-Ola     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     College Of Education     SSA Youth     Halimat Yusuf     Kwara 2023     Eghe Igbinehin     Mohammed Haruna     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Akorede     Malete     Shero     Zara Umar     Yetunde Balogun     Olushola Saraki     Seun Bolaji     KWATMA     Musa Aibinu     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Islamic Development Bank     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Abatemi Usman     Baboko     Kehinde Boyede     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Ilorin Central Mosque     Lai Gobir     Ilorin Durbar     Ijagbo Health Centre     Kunle Akogun     Ambassador Kayode Laro     KWACOBPA     Idiagbon     Toyosi Thomas     MalHub     GGDSS Pakata     Saka Aleshinloye     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Aliyu Muhammed     SUBEB    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ayoade Akinnibosun     Baboko Primary School     Sarah Alade     Mazars Consulting     Olushola Saraki     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Kwara State Polytechnic     Apado     Share/Tsaragi     Garba Ado Sanni     Babs Iwarere     MAI Akande     Illyasu Abdullahi     Ajakaye     Kaiama     Face Masks     Tope Daramola     Ilorin     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Isiaka Yusuf     Oladimeji Thompson     QuickWin     JAAC     Tunji Oyawoye     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Universal Basic Education Commission     Olomu     Wahab Issa     Kulende-UITH     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Alaro     Abubakar Imam     Adesoye     Sa\'ad Alanamu     AbdulRauf Keji     Kamoru Kadiri     Kola Shittu     Sabitiyu Grillo     Esinrogunjo     Bello Abubakar     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Kwara Restoration Project     Hauwa Nuru     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Olokoba Sulyman     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Abdulkadir Orire     Bolakale Ayo     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Ijagbo     SWAN     Sadiq Buhari     Kayode Issa     Kunle Okeowo     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Niyi Ogundiran     Hijab     Shonga     Solomon Edojah     Bareke     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Muhammed Aliyu     Olayinka Are     Gbenga Awoyale     Kwara State Football Association     Arik     Grillo     Ilorin Airport     Balogun-Ojomu     Salman Jawondo     20 Billion Bond     Mufutau Olatinwo     African Democratic Congress