No new case, says LUTH CMD

The Chief Medical Director of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos Prof. Chris Bode, has said there is no new case of Lassa fever in Lagos State.

Bode, who spoke through the Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee of the hospital, Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, in an interview with our correspondent on Thursday said the only recorded patient was responding to treatment.

He said, “The patient is doing well, he is getting better; no new case from those placed under surveillance.

“The Ministry of Health and the Lagos State Government have started the contact tracing; so far we’ve not heard anything new. The patient is doing well, we’ve started his treatment.”


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