Taraba Records 46 Lassa Fever Deaths In 1 Year — WHO

Taraba State has been identified among 5 states with highest fig of confirmed Lassa Fever cases successful the country, signaling 46 deaths from 100 confirmed cases successful 1 year.

The Surveillance Officer with the World Health Organization (WHO) successful Taraba State, Halilu Sani Abubakar disclosed this during a gathering with Community Health Workers’ and Media Executives connected Community-Led Intervention for Lassa Fever astatine Ardo-Kola section authorities country of the State.

Abubakar said astir 380 cases were suspected crossed 16 section authorities areas, retired of which 100 cases were confirmed successful 4 section governments with 46 fatality recorded successful 1 year.

The WHO surveillance Officer, who identified Jalingo, Bali, Ardo-Kola and Gassol section authorities areas arsenic reddish spots for the disease, attributing the precocious prevalence to crushed Taraba apical database of states with the highest cases of Lassa Fever successful the country.

“Taraba is 1 of the 5 states that are astir affected with the cases of Lassa Fever successful the full country. In our state, each the section authorities person reported cases of suspected Lassa Fever, but however, the highest fig of the suspected cases is coming from Jalingo, Bali, Ardo-Kola and Gassol section authorities areas.

“For the fig of cases that were confirmed arsenic well, Jalingo has the highest number, past followed by Bali, Ardo-Kola and Gassol successful that order. In the full state, the lawsuit fatality complaint is astir 46%. We person 63 that are confirmed to beryllium Lassa positive.

“Out of 100 cases that we reported and are confirmed to beryllium Lassa fever, 46 of them died, which means, the lawsuit fatality complaint is precise high.

“Perhaps radical don’t usually study these cases connected time. This is not unconnected that they are not precise wide oregon ignorant astir Lassa Fever,” the WHO Surveillance Officer said

He said, the essence of the gathering was to sensitise the radical connected the signs, symptoms and hazard to humanity, arsenic the aviator for the assemblage led involution was to mitigate the epidemic successful the state.

The typical from the Taraba State Ministry of Health astatine the event, Dahiru Zakari said efforts were ongoing by the authorities authorities to eradicate cases of Lassa Fever in the state.