Nigeria: NCDC confirms new Lassa fever case, calls for enhanced surveillance — Africa Links 24

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has confirmed a new case of Lassa fever in a 31-year-old physician who had recently travelled to the United Kingdom.

NCDC director-general, Dr Jide Idris, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja.

Mr Idris stated that the patient, who was diagnosed in Ondo State, unfortunately succumbed to the disease before the test results confirming the infection were available.

Idris raised…