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Ondo Tackling Lassa Fever With Vigour – Health Commissioner

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The Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, has said the government is tackling the Lassa fever with vigor.

Adegbenro stated this at the meeting of the state Epidemic Preparedness and Response Committee on Friday in Akure, the state capital.

He said, “The state has not been sleeping over the issue, as the fatality rate in the month of January alone is alarming and there is the need for stakeholders to come together to proffer lasting solution to the issue.

 “The government has given the FMC beds, personal protective equipments; we are making arrangement for a 100KVA generator to power the incidence lab, chemistry analyser, dialysis machine and some other consumables that will be ready in the next one week.”

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