Kano records 3 confirmed cases of LASSA FEVER

Dr Kabir Getso, Kano State
Commissioner for Health, said on
Monday in Kano that the state had
recorded three confirmed cases of
Lassa fever since the outbreak in
December, 2015.
Getso who spoke while addressing
newsmen, said two of the confirmed
cases were recorded in Garun-Malam
Local Government Area of the state.
The commissioner said that the patients
died at the Aminu Kano Teaching
Hospital (AKTH) on Dec. 2, 2015.
He said that the third confirmed case, a
young businessman from Dawakin Kudu
Local Government Area, came to Kano
from Benue last week.
The commissioner said that all the
contacts were identified and followed
up.
According to him, more than 70 per cent
of them have either completed their 21
days follow up or tested negative.
He, however, said that another two
suspected cases were currently on
admission at the designated isolation
and treatment centre at Yar’gaya
Hospital.
Getso said the State Ministry of Health
had taken several control measures to
check the outbreak of the disease.
“The measures include the setting up of
rapid response team, establishment of
the Lassa fever Emergency Operation
Centre and the setting up of the State
Committee on the Control of Lassa
fever,” he said.
Getso said the state government had
provided personal protective kits and
other logistics in the isolation centre for
the management and control of the
disease.
The commissioner commended the
World Health Organisation for donating
some materials for the treatment of the
disease.