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“Cross River State Has No Lassa Fever Case” – Health Commissioner

Posted on February 8, 2018 By Admin No Comments on “Cross River State Has No Lassa Fever Case” – Health Commissioner
Asibong, CR Health Commissioner

Cross River State has been formally cleared as having no case of Lassa Fever in any part of the eighteen Local Government Areas of the State.

The State Commissioner for Health, Inyang Asibong who stated this in a statement signed by Ben Okache, Information Officer in the CRS Ministry of Information, Calabar, Thursday, pointed out that the State Ministry of Health has received a formal “confirmation from the Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control, Irua, Edo State that the LASSA Fever samples sent to the Institute have all returned negative”.

Asibong has therefore urged the State Epidemiologist and Disease Surveillance Officers in the State to continue their work “with every level of alertness even though the State has been certified safe”.

The Health Commissioner advised members of the public to go about their normal duties while ensuring that they imbibe and practice good personal and environmental hygiene to guard agains contracting Lassa Fever.

She commended Healthcare Professionals in the State for their tenacity and enjoined them to continue to be on red alert at all times in spite of the current result of the test to checkmate any emergencies.

Lassa Fever, she pointed out is an acute viral hemorrhagic illness that occurs in West Africa and is transmitted to humans through contact with infected or contaminated food or household items by rodent secretion.

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