Lassa Fever kills three in Ebonyi

Ebonyi state government on Monday confirmed the death of three persons of Lassa Fever.

The state Commissioner for Health, Daniel Umwzuruike confirmed this at a briefing moments ago.

He said two of the victims are Medical Doctors serving at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakiliki, FETHA, Ebonyi State.

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The deceased include Abel Sunday Udo, who was a Resident Doctor in the Department of Otorhinolayngology, FETHA, and Dr Ali Felix, a Resident Doctor in the Department of Community Medicine,‎ of the same hospital.

The death was confirmed in a terse statement by the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD.

The statement was signed by NARD secretary, Dr. O.V Nnadi.

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