Outbreak Updates
05 February 2019
Lassa fever in Nigeria
On 22 January 2019, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) declared an outbreak of Lassa fever in the country. From 1 January to 27 January 2019, a total of 213 confirmed and two probable Lassa fever cases, with 42 deaths have been reported across 40 local government areas in 16 states.
