Lassa Fever: We are working on a cure, LASG assure residents

The Lagos State Government has ramped up its facilities to combat the widespread Lassa Fever that has now covered 11 states in Nigeria, in a bid to find a cure for the deadly disease.

Speaking to Lagosians today in a short sensitization video, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi assured residents that the state government was working round the clock to deliver diagnosis for the ailment.

"Lassa Fever has affected 11 states; Edo and Ondo at the epic-center and it is coming closer to Lagos state. We already have a case in Ogun state. We are ramping up our facilities in Lagos so we can cater for an increased number of patients that would come down with Lassa Fever," he said.

Educating Lagosians on the virus, he said that ailment is characterised by flu symptoms and ultimately, bleeding from the mouth or nose in the final stage.

"It comes from the animal kingdom and it is characterised by Fever, headache, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and at the latest state you can start to bleed from your mouth or nose," he stated.

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Abayomi assured Nigerians that a cure was being worked on soon enough to combat any future occurrence.

"We in Lagos State are making sure we can diagnose you and manage you in one of our hospitals," he assured residents of the State.