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Nigeria: After 129 Deaths, Govt Declares Lassa Fever Emergency Over
Premium Times, 31 May 2019
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has declared the emergency phase of the Lassa fever outbreak ravaging the country over. Read more »
This comes after four-and-a-half months of the country fighting the disease in 21 states, leading to 129 deaths. Lassa fever is a haemorraghic disease caused by the urine and faeces of rats.
Lassa fever public health advisory.
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