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.

Ibrahim Bio     Olaitan Buraimoh     Monthly Sanitation     Ethical College     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Millennium Development Goals     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Okanlawon Musa     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Sadiq Buhari     Nupe     Emir Of Lafiagi     SAPZ Project     Www.Kwarareports.com     Minister     Shaaba Lafiagi     Charcoal     United Nigeria Congress Party     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Alikinla     Kazeem Oladepo     Okedare     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Modibbo Kawu     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Kannike     NITDA     Shuaib Jawondo     Firdaos Amasa     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Rex Olawoye     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Kolawole Bashirat     Memunat Monsuma     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Jaigbade Alao     Yusuf Aiyedun     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Hamidu Olowo     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     PPS     NYSC     Shuaib Olarongbe     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Ibrahim Akaje     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Abikan     John Obuh     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     College Of Health     Aminat Ahmed     Okeose Christian Cementary     Gbugbu International Market     Wale Oladepo     Wahab Isa     Ayedun     Adebayo Salami     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Usman Yunusa     Ishaq Oloyede     Rasaq Jimoh     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Medview Airlines     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Maryam Nurudeen     Saheed Alakoso     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Danhawa     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     AbdulGafar Tosho     MATTA Girls Foundation     Ilorin Curfew    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Offa Grammer School     Adebara     Ahmed Dankaya     Gobir Organization Foundation     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Ayo Opadokun     Monkey Pox     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Kale Belgore     Ekweremadu     Bello Oyedepo     Galland Marcias     National Party Of Nigeria     Bamidele Aluko     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Balogin Alanamu     James Ayeni     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Olateju Lukman     Al-Ilory     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Adijat Adebiyi     JMK Construction Company Limited     AGF Abdulrazaq     Bukola Ajikobi     Baaziki Sulaiman     Dele Belgore     Moses Afolayan     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Quran     United Nigeria Airline     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Yunus Lawal     Ahmad Uthman     Bello Oyebanji     Afolayan     Olabimpe Olani     Agboola Abdulraheem     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Solomon Edojah     Sunday Popo-Ola     Oko     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Wahab Issa     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Babaloja-General     Ayedun     Oba Abu     Ubandawaki     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Ronke Adeyemi     Kwara 2015     Kwara State Government     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Zainab Abass     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Lawal Olohungbebe     Hassan A. Saliu     Sobi Hill     Suleman Abubakar     Presidential Election     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Arik     Muhammad Yahya     Rex Olawoye     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Ogbondoroko     Tosho Yaqub     Adamu Attah     Aliyu Sabi     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Shettima     Tunji Oyawoye     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     NFAI