Dr Theophilus Odagme, the Commissioner for Health in Rivers State has said three people have died so far from Lassa fever in the state while 200 have been placed under observation. The 200 people placed under observation are those who had contacts with the victims before they passed on. He also disclosed that the medical doctor who died of the virus after carrying out a surgery on a woman has also been buried with the approval of his family.
Odagme made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) today in Port Harcourt.
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