The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, has said the federal government through its various health agencies, responded promptly to the outbreak of Lassa fever in Ebonyi State following notification.
Adewole in a statement signed by his Media aide, Kazeem Akintunde, stated that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), an agency under the Federal Ministry of Health, saddled with such responsibility, was in Ebonyi State 48 hours after the news broke in the media.
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