Two die of Lassa fever in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) yesterday said two of the three confirmed cases of Lassa fever died within three months.

The Director of Public Health, Health and Human Services, Dr Humphrey Okoroukwu, spoke in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

According to him, 38 suspected cases were reported and investigated; three were confirmed and two deaths recorded.

He explained that the only case of Lassa fever reported in Abuja Municipal Area Council in March died.

The director said the remaining victim in FCTA, who has been under surveillance, was discharged having exited the incubation period.

He urged residents not to panic at the development but rather take their personal and environmental hygiene serious.