Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) ta bayar da rahoton da ya nuna cewa cutar Lassa ta yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane 172 a cikin wata tisa daga Janairu 1 zuwa Septemba 29, 2024. Rahoton ya nuna cewa akwai kaso 1,018 na tabbataccen cutar Lassa daga cikin kaso 8,411 da aka shakka a jihar 28 da karkara 128.
Jihar Ondo, Edo, da Bauchi sun kasance manyan yankuna da cutar ta yi tasiri, inda Ondo ta samu kaso mafi yawa da 280, sannan Edo da Bauchi da kaso 236 da 171 bi da bi. NCDC ta bayyana cewa asalin cutar Lassa ta kai 68% daga cikin kaso tabbataccen a jihar Ondo, Edo, da Bauchi, yayin da 32% aka samu a jihar 25.
Rahoton NCDC ya kuma nuna cewa adadin kaso marasa tabbataccen ya karu idan aka kwatanta da lokacin da aka ruwaito a shekarar 2023. Babu wata sabuwar kaso a cikin ma’aikatan kiwon lafiya a mako mai raporti, amma 35 daga cikin ma’aikatan kiwon lafiya sun kamu da cutar a shekarar 2024.
NCDC ta bayyana wasu daga cikin matsalolin da ke tattare da cutar Lassa a Nijeriya sun hada da: bayan gabatar da kaso mara asara, matsalolin kiwon lafiya, tsananin tsafta a cikin al’ummar da cutar ta yi tasiri, da kuma karancin wayar da kan jama’a game da cutar.
