Nigeria: 4,000 Infected With Lassa Fever Yearly in Nigeria

23 January 2019

Benin City — A medical practitioner and consultant at Irrua Teaching Hospital, Dr. Abubakar Muhammed, has said that Lassa fever infected 4,000 persons in Nigeria, noting that there was need for more enlightenment on the dangers of the deadly virus.

Muhammed, who disclosed this at the annual prayer get together party organised by the Auchi Indigenes Club, said the only way to avoid the virus is to have access to information about Lassa fever.

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