Lagos State goverment has placed 63 persons under surveillance following the confirmation of an index case being isolated at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba.
This was disclosed by Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, at a press briefing on Wednesday, calling on the public not to panic.
Meanwhile, the National Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday confirmed that 103 people had been killed by Lassa fever in the country since the beginning of this year.
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Abayomi said, “We have identified 63 of the persons he (Lassa fever patient) may have been in contact with him since he arrived in Lagos from Ebonyi State.
“His destination was the Lagos Law School where he was quickly attended to at the clinic but was not getting well after being treated for malaria.
“He was then referred to the Nigeria Air Force clinic, Onikan, where he was managed further and was referred to LUTH when there was no improvement
The test was confirmed as positive on February 17 and was immediately transferred to the isolation containment facility in LUTH.”
The commissioner added, “They (63 people) are been monitored; If they develop any symptoms of Lassa fever, we will pick them up early and isolate them so that we can break the circle of transmission.”
The NCDC said Lassa fever had spread to 26 states.
The number of suspected cases has significantly increased compared to that reported for the same period in 2019. Two new health care workers were affected in Bauchi and Katsina states in week 07.”
The centre said it was following up on the progress of 2,319 people with 157 cases undergoing treatment at various treatment centres across the country
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