The Delta State Government has declared
55 persons put under surveillance following the death of a doctor who
was admitted in a private hospital in Asaba, the state capital, and
thereafter died in Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra
State.
The Delta State Commissioner
for Health, Dr. Nicholas Azinge, has said that the Lassa fever outbreak
has been brought under control.
Azinge,
who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Asaba, revealed that
none of the 55 persons placed under surveillance for having direct and
indirect contact with the deceased showed any sign or symptom of Lassa
fever.
