Lassa Fever: Death toll hits 191
New Lassa fever new cases jumped from nine in Week 17 to 22 in Week 18, with infections recorded in Ondo, Edo, and Plateau
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More Hantavirus cases may emerge in coming weeks — WHO
“Given the long incubation period of the virus, it is possible that we may see more cases in the coming weeks.’’
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WHO chief says ‘work not over’ after hantavirus evacuation
Yet health officials have stressed that the global public health risk is low and rejected comparisons to the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Lady pharmacists worry over Japa, fake drugs, poor healthcare infrastructure
The Association of Lady Pharmacists of Nigeria, ALPs, has raised concerns over the worsening brain drain in the health sector, the proliferation of fake drugs, …
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WHO says six hantavirus cases confirmed so far
There are six confirmed cases of hantavirus so far out of eight suspected ones following an outbreak on a cruise ship, the World Health Organization said Friday.
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WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in ‘limited’ outbreak
The World Health Organization said Thursday that more cases of the hantavirus could emerge but expected the outbreak to be “limited” if precautions are taken, after the disease killed three passengers from a cruise ship.
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Cruise ship hantavirus outbreak ‘not the start of an epidemic’ – WHO
The World Health Organization insisted Thursday that a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic did not mark the beginning of a Covid-like crisis.
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Human-to-human hantavirus strain confirmed in cruise passenger
“But as we said, we want to repeat again, such transmission is very rare and only happens due to very close contact between people.”
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Pharmacists’ shortage reaching breaking point — Lagos PSN
THE Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, Lagos State Branch, yesterday, warned over what it described as a “dangerous depletion” of pharmacists in the Lagos State Ministry of Health, cautioning that the situation is already weakening drug regulation and opening the door to statutory breaches in the state’s healthcare system.
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Spain says no decision on hantavirus cruise ship
Spain on Tuesday said it would not decide where a cruise ship with hantavirus cases would dock until epidemiological data
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