Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) ta farfato da cibiyoyin gaggawa a fadin ƙasar saboda karuwar cutar Lassa. A cewar rahotannin NCDC, tun daga fara shekarar 2024, an tabbatar da samun cutar Lassa a mutane 1,154 daga cikin masu shakka 9,492, inda aka rikide mutane 190.
Dr Jide Idris, Darakta Janar na NCDC, ya bayyana haka a wata taron manema labarai da aka gudanar a Abuja. Ya kuma nemi jama’a su zama marasa tsoro amma su ci gaba da kaiwa hankali kan hana yaduwar cutar.
NCDC ta kuma fitar da shawarwari ga jama’a game da hanyoyin kare kansu daga cutar. Alal misali, an shawarci mutane su guje wa tuntube da roba na roba, su yi amfani da kayan aikin tsabta, da kuma su rika samun hankali kan tsabtace abinci.
Jama’a sun kuma himmatu su kira layin kyauta na NCDC (6232) idan suna bukatar taimako ko kuma suna neman rahoto game da cutar.
