Lassa fever has recorded more fatalities than the much
pronounced Coronavirus disease in Ondo State as the disease has
killed 80 persons since January 2020.
According to the figures given by the Acting Commissioner for
Health in the State, Dr Jibayo Adeyeye, COVID-19 deaths also stand
at 31.
Adeyeye gave the figures in Ondo town while hosting a team from
the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) at the University of
Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital.
The team was in the hospital to inspect the ongoing Molecular
Biology Laboratory and the new isolation centre.
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The Acting Commissioner for Health noted that less than two per
cent of COVID-19 patients in the state died, while 27 per cent of
those infected with Lassa fever lost their lives.
He emphasised that the government could not afford to pay much
attention to COVID-19, neglecting other health problems peculiar to
the state.
Adeyeye revealed that governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu gave the
directive that the laboratory should be put in place in order to
effectively combat any Infectious disease occurring in the
state.
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