A 27-year-old lady has died of Lassa fever at the Ijede General Hospital in Lagos.
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr.
Jide Idris, confirmed that the patient who had received treatment from a
private hospital and three churches before she was referred to the
general hospital where she eventually died on Tuesday.
According to the commissioner on
Wednesday, the deceased may have contacted the disease after she
travelled to Edo State on December 24, 2015 and returned to Lagos on
January 2, 2016.
Idris noted that the health ministry had begun tracing 90 persons that may have had contact with the latest victim.
He stated, “The lady had received care
in one private hospital and three churches before she was referred to
Ijede General Hospital with fever. She died few hours of admission. We
confirmed that she died of Lassa fever on Tuesday.
“The remains of the patient have been
kept in the morgue in leak proof body bag. She is to be buried after due
consultation with her family.
So far, Lagos State has recorded 20 suspected cases of Lassa fever since the outbreak of the disease.
“As of now, 14 suspected cases tested
negative, while four cases were confirmed positive of Lassa fever. The
results of two suspected cases are pending. The ministry has listed 537
contacts of the confirmed cases and 534 of the contacts are currently
being monitored.”
A 51- year- old man had died of Lassa
fever at the Mainland Hospital in Yaba, Lagos last week. He had also
travelled to Edo in December.
Punch
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