Jihar Edo ta kiye tarar da cutar Lassa fever 240 a cikin watanni huɗu, tare da rasuwar mutane 21. Dr Joseph Okoeguale, darakta na Viral and Emergent Pathogens, Control and Research, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, ya bayyana haka a wajen taron karawa na College of Medical Science na Jami’ar Edo State, Uzairue.
Dr Okoeguale ya ce cutar Lassa fever ta kasance abin damuwa ga lafiyar jama’a a Najeriya, kuma ta zama cutar da WHO ta ayyana a matsayin babbar cuta da ake bukatar bincike da ci gaban magani. A cikin shekarar 2024, daga Disamba zuwa karshen Maris, jihar Edo ta kiye tarar da cutar Lassa fever 240, tare da rasuwar mutane 21.
Ya kara da cewa cutar Lassa fever ta yi sanadiyar mutuwa da asarar rayuka da dama a jihar, musamman a yankin Etsako. Dr Okoeguale ya ce maganin cutar Lassa fever shine hana yaduwar ta, kuma maganin rigakafin cutar shine maganin rigakafi.
Jihar Edo ta gina tsarin gwaji na zamani don bincike da ci gaban magani na cutar Lassa fever, kuma ta samu amincewa daga European and Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership (EDCTP) don gudanar da gwaji na magani na cutar Lassa fever. Jihar kuma tana aiki tare da United States Centre of Disease Control da Nigeria Centre of Disease Control don kawar da cutar.
