Abeg my people, make we carry gists about this Lassa fever matter wey don land for Kano! Sabi say one person don waka go the great beyond, and two more don catch am as well. E no be small wahala o!
Naim be the Kano Centre for Disease Control talk say dem don confirm this matter early dis week. The Director-General, Mohammed Adamu, dey yarn as he brief journalists for night. He talk say the person wey kolo na one staff wey dey work for Médecins Sans Frontières, and na as she dey struggle with complications wey follow the sickness, she begin bleed and finally gree to sleep.
According to am, this whole wahala start when one French babe land Nigeria on top January 28. She don dey feel fever after one week, waka go hospital, but na only wahala she dey see o! After three days, she later gree say her condition don dey worsen. Dem rush am again, but na dis same day, she bye-bye.
As her body enter mortuary for Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, dem come find say she don test positive for Lassa fever. Na just like that, the wahala spread. Contact tracing show say two other people don also catch am – one doctor wey gree see her and one woman wey also come close.
Dem don trace 62 contacts across five local government areas. Out of dis 62, 25 people come dey classified as at risk. Dem fit carry blood samples for 25 of dem, and see say 22 don test negative, but three don show positive. One don collect her bag already, and the other two dey for isolation.
Adamu dey quick to inform everybody sey the female patient dey for isolation for AKTH, while the doctor dey receive treatment for where dem dey call Yargaya isolation centre. Dem don also deploy personnel to go sensitise the community for Minjibir – make dem sabi wetin dey happen!
As e be, dem go also fumigate the areas wey carry Lassa fever to chase the rats wey dey cause this palava away. Na dem rats dey carry this sickness wey dey cause fever, headache, plenty vomit, and if e dey serious, bleeding dey fit enter too. We no get vaccine for this one yet, but early treatment go help make e no turn serious!
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