Ekiti State has dedicated the Oba Adejuyigbe General hospital as quarantine centre for any confirmed case of Lassa Fever in the state.
The state’s Commissioner for Health and Human Services in Ekiti State Dr (Mrs) Mojisola Yaya-Kolade disclosed this in Ado Ekiti while addressing journalists.
Lassa Fever which had reportedly hit neighbouring States of Ondo, Osun and Kogi recently.
The Commissioner who confirmed that there is no single cause of the fever in the Ekiti State appealed to the residents in the state to make personal hygiene their lifestyle.
“Cover your garri very well, ensure that the production process is done hygienically, clean your environment to avoid breeding of rats, be cautious of contact with corps you don’t know its cause,” the commissioner cautioned.
Dr Yaya-Kolade-Kolade noted that all primary health facilities, Specialist and general hospitals, university Teaching Hospital as well as the Federal Teaching Hospital across the state have been sensitized and adequately prepared on the issue of Lassa Fever.
“We are doing a lot of sensitisation and education for food handlers, storekeepers, and all residents on Radio, Television and in all our health facilities across the state”, she stated.
Yaya-Kolade noted that the contagious Lassa Fever could be contacted through rat, which according to her are the vectors carrying it through, infected human, or from someone who has been infected.
Some of the symptoms of Lassa Fever are high temperature, headache, vomiting, and hitching of the body, while its incubation period is between 2 to 21 days.
