Lassa fever: NCDC confirms 162 deaths first-half 2023

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, on Thursday, informed that Lassa fever has killed no less than 162 persons since the start of year 2023. The number of states said to have recorded death toll to the ravaging disease is put at 28. They are – Ondo, Edo, Bauchi, Taraba, Benue, Plateau, Ebonyi,