The Enugu State Ministry of Health, on Monday, said it had stock-piled drugs and other consumables to tackle any possible Lassa fever outbreak in the state.
The Director of Public Health Services, Dr Okechukwu Ossai, made this disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu.
Ossai said that 86 disease surveillance officers had just concluded a simulation (mock) intervention and case definition training on Lassa fever.
He stated that some community health informants also attended the training.
Ossai noted that the ministry was on top of its game, thus leaving no stone unturned to ensure optimal preparedness to tackle the disease in case of an outbreak.
“Our 86 disease surveillance officers and some community health informants had gone through the intervention simulation as well as the case definition training two weeks ago.
“They went home with a case…
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