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42 Nigerians Died Of Lassa Fever In January

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Lassa fever killed 42 persons in Nigeria and afflicted 213 others in the first month of this year, with the viral disease spreading to 16 states of the country, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The 42 deaths, it noted, represent a case fatality rate of 19.7 per cent. The NCDC said […]

 

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