The Commissioner of Health in
Borno State, Haruna Mshelia, has said one suspected case of Lassa fever had
been reported in the state.
Mshelia told journalists in
Maiduguri that the case was reported in Zabarmari community of Jere local
government area of the state.
According to him, the patient was
initially quarantined but discharged after medical examinations.
“The patient was discharged after
medical examination certified him free of Lassa fever infection. It is
medically proven that the case was not Lassa fever as earlier suspected,” he
said.
He said that the state government
had also stepped up surveillance to contain the spread pandemic diseases in
prone area.
Mshelia stressed that River
Blindness and cholera diseases were more prevalent during the rainy season,
adding that proactive measures had been put in place to contain the disease.
“Assorted drugs are distributed
to endemic areas. State preparedness for endemic disease such as cholera is in
place,” he said.
The commissioner added that the
state government in collaboration with development partners was providing free
treatment to leprosy and tuberculosis patients.
He further said that more than 2.
7 million mosquito-treated nets were also distributed to households while 888,
905 doses of malarial drugs were distributed to children under five years of
age in the state.
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