lassa out break as it kills student in Anambra State and 65 other persons under surveillance

It's was confirmed by the Anambra State authorities that a nursing student has died of Lassa Fever, while 65 others are being monitored.

Speaking to some  newsmen in Awka on Monday, the Public Health Director  , State Ministry of Health, Dr Emmanuel Okafor, said that the deceased was a student in one private nursing school in Nkpor, Idemili North.he added  that the lady was admitted at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching
Hospital, Awka, on the 11th of June before she got  transferred to the General Hospital, Irua, in Edo for diagnosis where she died on the 17 of june.

“She was initially admitted at Amaku in Awka before she was transferred to Irua and was then placed on admission there. She was bleeding from the gums, nostril and vagina and was confirmed a Lassa Fever victim in Irua. The moment it was confirmed that she had Lassa fever, we started contacts tracing.

“As of now, we have about 65 we are following up, two of them have developed fever and their samples have been taken to Irua. We are still tracking others and we have advised them on what to do to ensure they do not transfer it to their loved ones,” Okafor said.