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.

Ajeigbe     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Hijaab     Wahab Abayawo     Apaokagi     Alabe     COVID-19 Palliatives     Usman Alkali Baba     Akanbi-Oke     Share/Tsaragi     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Sola Saraki University     CCT     Kaiama     Bursary     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Segun Ogunsola     Bayer AG     Ijakadi     Umar Ayinla Saro     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Muhammadu Gobir     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Maryam Ado Bayero     Offa Poly     Kwara South     Unilorin FM     Ben Duntoye     Tunji Oyawoye     Lotus Bank     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Dagbalodo     Saka Keji     Dan Iya     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Suleiman Abubakar     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     LAK Jimoh     Yahya Mohammed     Edret Sabi Abel     Baba Isale     Agbarigidoma     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Razaq Atunwa     AbdulHamid Adi     Wasiu Onidugbe     Kunle Suleiman     NURTW     Bluenile Associates     Kayode Ishola     QuickWin     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Mohammed Danjuma     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Hamidu Olowo     Iliasu     Turaki Of Ilorin     Bamidele Aluko     Sulaiman Gado     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Ubandawaki     Bayo Ajia     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Ike Ekweremadu     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Olatunji Moronfoye     Yakubu Dogara     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Oke-Ero     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     FERMA     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Olatunji Bamgbola     Kazeem Gbolagade     Habeeb Saidu     Oya State    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

KWSUED     Javed Khan     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Amuda Musbau     Bolakale Saka     KwaraLearn     Afonja Descendants Union     UNILORIN Alumni     Boko Haram     Afeyin-Olukuta     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Ado Bayero     CCT     Facemasks     Egbejila     Kumbi Titiloye     Femi Ogunsola     Elerin Of Adanla     Dan Masanin     Haliru Dantoro     Overland     Ramat Oganija     Ita-Ore     Afonja     Amusement Park     Mohammed Saidu     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     NIRSAL     IPSAS     Bureau Of Lands     Al-Hikmah University     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Awoye     Ajidagba     Alapansapa     CACOVID Palliatives     Oyedepo     Umar Sanda Yusuf     UITH     AbdulHamid Adi     Peter Obi     Abubakar Lah     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Saliu Ajia     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Sidikat Alaya     Post-utme     Adeleke Ogungbe     Adama Isa     Shuaib Olarongbe     Aliyu U. Tilde     Umaru Saro     Talaka Parapo     Y.A. Abdulkareem     FERMA     Abdulquawiy Olododo     ASUU     RTEAN     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Matthew Babaoye     Lanre Badmas     Sobi FM     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Muritala Awodun     CT Ayeni     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Olohungbebe     Yemi Sanni     University Road     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Halidu Danbaba     Sulu Babaita Isiaka