Wetin dey happen, my people? Lassa fever don waka come back for Benue State o! E be like say we don dey face another serious wahala as two people don buy because of this disease.
Dr Paul Ogwuche, wey be the Commissioner for Health and Human Services, don drop this gist recently. As he yarn to journalists for Makurdi, he talk say na seven people don already catch the sickness, with some banana peels giving us a big scare. This matter don hot pass jollof, as five people test positive and two of dem don check out from this life!
Dr Ogwuche mention say Buruku and Makurdi areas na im get the hot spots for this outbreak. No be small thing, two health workers dey among the people wey don catch am. Dem don activate their rapid response team and dey try to spread awareness on how to dodge this virus. Omo, Lassa fever no be your regular palava!
“Make una dey wash hand well-well, no dey go gree rodent enter your house,” Ogwuche talk. “Dis dry season na when dem dey show their face, if you leave your food open, dem go use am as buffet!”
The ministry dey ramp up the fight, e get many community sensitisation campaigns wey go dey happen. Wey people go sabi how to prevent am, ensure say dem dey cover food, and clean their environment. Abeg, make we take this matter serious!”
Symptoms wey people fit notice include prolonged fever, body weak no be small and even bleeding from mouth and other body parts. Na why early detection dey key. Ogwuche don talk say dem dey step up for laboratory testing and meeting stakeholders to make sure say dis matter no spoil. “We wan ensure say this deadly virus no go catch us again,” he conclude.
Asema Msuega, the state epidemiologist, don also shine light on dis matter. E talk say dem don record seven new suspected cases, samples don dey go for lab confirm. “Early detection dey critical, and we dey monitor everything. Make sure say una dey cover food from rodents,” he urge.
For Benue wey don dey face this Lassa fever saga before, the health officials don dey prepared. E get reports wey show say last year alone, dem don record plenty suspected cases, and deaths no be wey we go wan hear again. Make we face dis matter together, my people!”
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