Abuja— The Federal Government disclosed, yesterday, that Lassa fever
has claimed 41 lives from 93 reported cases in 10 states of the country
even as the Senate has summoned the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac
Adewole, over the outbreak of the disease.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Federal Government,
last Friday, put the death toll at 40 out of 86 reported cases of Lassa
fever outbreak in same 10 states. The number of the suspected cases also rose from 86 last week to 93.
