Lassa fever survivors laud NCDC, Edo govt for interventions

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Lassa fever survivors in Edo have commended the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, and the Edo Government for their timely response, which ensured they were saved from the dreaded disease.

A cross-section of survivors, who spoke in Benin City, the Edo capital, noted that drugs and few other services were rendered to them free at Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, ISTH, with the support of NCDC.

One of the survivors, Aide Odion, said he is grateful to NCDC and Edo Government for the support and enlightenment which gave him and his family members a chance to live.

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He said: “It started with my wife in December 2017 and she was discharged on Dec. 31, and on Jan. 13, my two kids got infected; I usually go to visit them and before I realised it, I contracted the disease.

“I am grateful that we all came out alive because I saw how people died, though it cost me a lot of money.

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Source: Vanguard Newspaper