The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Health, Osun State, Dr. Temitope Oladele, has said the state has placed
55 persons under surveillance following the death of a resident doctors
at Maxilofacial Surgery Department at the Obafemi Awolowo University
Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile Ife.
The doctor was suspected to have died of
Lassa fever but confirmatory test could not be carried out because of
the death of the person with the index case.
The permanent secretary spoke while
briefing journalists at his office on Thursday. He stated that the
state had created emergency centres to ensure that the disease was
contained.
Oladele said the preliminary report of
the test carried out on the blood sample of the doctor “came back as
compatible with Lassa virus.”
He, however, said the confirmatory
test could not be done following his death but said the state had gone
ahead to prepare to contain the virus. He said no other case had been
found anywhere in the state apart from this index case which according
to him was imported from a neighbouring state, which he declined to
mention.
He said, ” We have traced 55 persons who he had contact with before his death and we have placed them under surveillance.
“As at today none of them has shown any
symptoms of Lassa fever but we are watching over them to ensure that the
disease does not spread.”
Nation
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