In Nigeria, the number of victims of the Lass fever – a viral disease transmitted from animals to a person – has reached 162 since the beginning of the year. This is stated in the message of the Center for Control and Prevention of Nigeria Diseases (CDC). According to the report, cases of disease continue to be recorded not only in the capital of Abuja.
so, in the period from On August 25 to August, 10 new cases of the disease were identified. Thus, from January 1 to August 31, the total number of infections reached 871. Over the same period, the number of deaths increased to 162, the report said.
It is noted that the total number of suspicious and confirmed cases in the country is lower than the same period last year, however, the risk of infection is maintained. Human. The Government of Nigeria on January 23, 2019 announced a state of emergency due to this disease.
Lass’s fever is widespread in many countries of the African continent, including Mali, Togo, Gan, Liberia and Sierra Leone. In Nigeria, the disease was first recorded in 1969 in the state of Born in the northeast of the country.
Infection is transmitted through contact with the discharge of rodents, as well as from humans to humans, causing severe hemorrhagic fever. The authorities urge the population to avoid contact with rats and other rodents.