The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Tomi Coker, has declared an outbreak of Lassa fever in the state.
Coker said that the hemorrhaging viral fever recently claimed the life of a 25-year-old female National Youth Service Corps member who fell sick in Ondo and was brought to one of the state’s secondary health facilities at Ijebu North Local Government, where she died.
The Commissioner disclosed this in a statement sent to reporters on Wednesday, just as she listed the symptoms of the viral fever to include high-grade fever, headache, general body weakness, sore throat, muscle pain, cough, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, chest pain and unexplained bleeding from the ears, eyes, nose, mouth and other body openings.
9News Nigeria reports that part of the statement revealed that part of the statement revealed; “Ogun State has confirmed a case of Lassa Fever and as such declared Lassa fever outbreak.
“Lassa fever is a viral Haemorrhagic disease that presents with High-grade fever, Headache, General body weakness, Sore throat, Muscle pain, Cough, Nausea, Vomiting, Diarrhoea, Chest pain and Unexplained bleeding from the ears, eyes, nose, mouth and other body openings.
According to the statement, the index case is a 25-year-old female National Youth Corps member who fell sick while in Ondo state and was brought to one of our secondary health facilities in Ijebu North LGA on 18th March 2025 and later died the same day.
It therefore implore members of the community to promptly report to the hospital if they notice any of these symptoms.
Any case of febrile illness that has not responded to 48 hours of use of anti-malaria or antibiotics should raise an index of suspicion for Lassa fever.
