Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Lassa Fever Kills Doctor,Nurse and Pregnant Woman

                              
Three people has been confirmed dead in Kaduna state following the outbreak of Lassa fever,the dead are a  Doctor, a nurse and pregnant woman.
They were  confirmed dead at Saint Louis Specialist Hospital, Zonkwa, Zango Kataf local government area.

The Commissioner for health in the State, Professor Jonathan Andrew Nok, told newsmen on Monday that the doctor and the nurse had symptoms of Lassa fever shortly after operating on the pregnant woman, who was brought in from another hospital in Kafanchan.
They Died   few days after testing positive to the deadly disease,Nok disclosed that the affected hospitals had been put under isolation, with a view to tracing the primary and secondary contacts with the deceased.

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