The Ogun State Government has confirmed a case of Lassa fever in the state, with a firm assurance that all is being done to contain it. In a press release by the Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, the suspected Lassa fever case was confirmed by the Ogun State Virology Laboratory on January 24, 2020.

According to Dr Coker, the patient is a pregnant 29 year- old who took ill and was referred to the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Abeokuta. However, contrary to some reports circulating in the media; the Commissioner noted that; “the patient is not dead as she was transferred to the Federal Specialist Hospital in Irua, Edo State, whose facilities provide the patient with the full benefit of multidisciplinary care required for her due to her pregnancy.”

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