The
Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Babatunde Ipaye has confirmed the
outbreak of Lassa fever saying a 20-year-old patient tested positive for
the virus and has been moved to one of the isolation centres set up
by the state government.
Ipaye
also said 66 persons who had contact with the victim have been put under observation
as he called on residents to remain calm and assured them of adequate response
surveillance in the case of another outbreak.
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