FREEPRESS – The Federal Ministry of Health in Nigeria has issued a travel restriction to Latin America, especially by pregnant women until the Zika Virus outbreak situation improves. In a statement by the Ministry on Friday, the Minister of Health,…
FREEPRESS – The Vice Chancellor University of Benin, Prof. Faraday O Orumwense, has charged matriculants of the university to be good ambassadors of its Alma maters. He gave the charge on the occasion of its 2015/16 matriculation ceremony held today…
FREEPRES – Sierra Leone officials confirmed a new case of Ebola on Thursday, making it the second new case since the country celebrated the end of the epidemic last week. In response to the new outbreak, the country’s Ebola treatment…
FREEPRESS – Osun state government yesterday said 55 contacts traced to the index case of Lassa Fever in the state have been placed under surveillance. Addressing newsmen in Osogbo, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Temitope Oladele, said the…
FREEPRESS – The management of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Osun State, has confirmed that a doctor in the hospital died of Lassa fever. When the news of the doctor’s death – the first record of the disease…
FREEPRESS – Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole yesterday disclosed how a patient suspected to have contracted Lassa fever absconded from Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo State. The unnamed patient was said to have been referred to the hospital…
FREEPRESS – In an ironical twist of fate, West Africa has been declared free of the two-year Ebola epidemic just as the sub-region is facing a renewed disease epidemic threat in the guise of Lassa fever. For most West Africans,…
FREEPREES – persons have been confirmed dead following the outbreak of Lassa fever in Ondo State, even as the state government has embarked on an enlightenment campaign to stem the tide. The Commissioner for Health, Dayo Adeyanju, and a team…
FREEPRESS – Nigerian health authorities have announced the death of a Lassa fever victim in Abuja, the first fatality in the nation’s capital since the latest outbreak in November 2015. The minister of health, Isaac Adewole, made the announcement Wednesday…
FREEPRESS – One person has been confirmed dead in Edo State after being diagnosed with Lassa fever infection. Doctors at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo State are battling to save another victim currently on admission over Lassa fever.…
