Lassa Fever: Residents warned against bush burning

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Mr Abdulsalam Braimah, the Head, Environment Department, Etsako West Local Government Area, on Friday advised residents of the area against bush burning, to checkmate the spread of Lassa Fever.

Braimah gave the advice during a sensitisation and awareness campaign held at Auchi, Edo, on the effects of bush-burning and the indiscriminate use of chemicals in clearing grasses

He urged the people to avoid bush burning, in order to reduce the number of rodents that found their way into entered people’s homes.

According to him, the spread of Lassa Fever is caused by infected rats.

“The increase in Lassa fever cases in the country is due to bush-burning which drives rat into homes.

“Whenever we burn bushes around us, rats eventually run into our houses. They contaminate our food and other materials with their urine, secretions and excretions and this leads to the…



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