Atleast five people have reportedly been infected with the deadly Lassa fever in Ondo State.
According to Dr. Taye Oni, the Permanent
Secretary in the state's Ministry of Health,
who spoke to journalists, the disease had
affected two people in Owo Local Government
and two people in Akoko North-West Local
Government.
Similarly, a student of the Achievers University in Owo has also contracted the disease.
"Of the cases recorded by the state government, we have a 56-year-old male, a 47- year-old female and another two people in Akoko South-West. This is not the usual time it occurs in Ondo State. It usually occurs during the dry season but limited to Owo and Ose local governments.
"Government is doing its best to contain the
recorded cases by isolating the patients to
prevent further spread. We also embarked on
aggressive contact tracing, sensitisation of
the people not just in Owo and Ose but across
the state on prevention and precautionary
measures.
"Most times, we have always run to Irrua
Specialists' Hospital in Edo State but the
facility is already overwhelmed with so many
cases across the country, that is why we are
collaborating with the Federal Medical Centre,
Owo in handling the recorded cases," Oni said.
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