In an effort at preventing the disease Lassa fever from entering Ogun state, the state government has put measures in place to nip the disease in the bud.
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state
The state government disclosed that it would be taking the delivery of a Lassa fever vaccine that prevents the disease very soon.
In a statement on Saturday, which was signed by the press officers in the health ministry, Ebunlomo Taiyese and Adeniyi Akinbobola, the ministry has also concluded plans to increase awareness on preventive measures for the disease.
The state commissioner for health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, in an interview with newsmen yesterday evening, after having a day’s sensitisation meeting on 2016 Measles Follow-Up Campaign in the state with all the 20 local government caretaker chairmen at Ibara Housing Estate, Abeokuta, disclosed that the state government would do all it could to be sure that Lassa fever disease does not enter the state.
Source: naij.com
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