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In rural Ondo state, people are preparing for the annual dry spell – which brings with it, among other threats, an increased risk of rat-borne, deadly Lassa fever.
Share Despite the fears and death caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic across the globe, the Ondo State government has continued to show commitment in its fight against the spread of Lassa fever in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Jibayo Adeyeye, also confirmed that the number of people dying from the disease in the state was more than from COVID-19. The disease is associated with high morbidity and mortality, transmitted by the multi-mammate rat (mastomys natalensis), one of the most common rats in equatorial Africa. The disease was first discovered in a town called Lassa i...
Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada Mr Michael Olonite, a trader, who hails from Okeluse in the Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, is one of the survivors of Lassa fever that ravaged the state last year. He said he survived the infection as a result of its early detection. Olonite, who resides in Ayede Ogbese Community in the Akure North Local Government Area of the state, stated that when he noticed some strange feelings in his body system, he quickly rushed to the hospital to examine his health status. He said that at the hospital they discovered he was infected with Lassa fever.