Nigeria: Lassa fever deaths now 70, NAS calls it a public health emergency
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By NewsDesk @infectiousdiseasenews Nigeria health officials reported an additional 109 confirmed Lassa fever cases and eight deaths during the last week. This brings the total confirmed cases and deaths during the first six weeks of 2020 to 472 and 70, respectively. Of all confirmed cases, 74% are from Edo (35%), Ondo (33%) and Ebonyi (6%) states. ["]
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