NCDC activates emergency centre as Lassa fever cases rise to 1,154

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 1,154 confirmed cases of Lassa fever out of the 9,492 suspected cases, and 190 deaths so far in 2024. The Director General of the NCDC, Jide Idris, who disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, noted that the Emergency Operations Centre has