Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris has disclosed that three confirmed cases of Lassa Fever have been detected in the state while one dead victim has been buried.
Idris while addressing journalists in Alausa on Friday said the Ministry has shortlisted 447 contacts of the confirmed cases and 438 (98 per cent) of the contacts are currently being monitored.
He said “Three of the suspected cases were confirmed positive of Lassa Fever. One case was confirmed on January 15 and two cases were confirmed on January 18. Eight suspected cases tested negative, while we are awaiting results for the remaining three suspected cases.”
While speaking on the dead victim, he said the 51-year-old man who was living in Ilasan, Lekki just returned from Edo where he attended a wedding ceremony.
He said: “The dead victim will be buried today after due consultation with the family and has been kept in the morgue in leak proof body bag.”
On the breakdown of the Lassa Fever cases in Lagos, he said the first confirmed case at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and listed the contact line as follows; Ifako Ijaiye; 100, Mushin; 18, Alimosho; 42 and Kosofe; one with a sub-total of 160.
He added that contacts being monitored are as follows; Ifako Ijaiye- 91; Mushin – 18, Alimosho- 42; Kosofe- 1, with a sub-Total of 151
For cases two at Mainland General Hospital the contacts line listed is Eti-Osa- 66 and the contact line being monitored is at Eti-Osa- 66, with a sub- Total: 66.
“Case three, Mainland General Hospital, the contact line listed is at Amuwo: 220 and the contact being monitored is at Amuwo: 220, Sub-Total: 220. The over cases, total figure for both contacts line listed is 447 and contacts being monitored is put at 438.”
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