{"id":58359,"date":"2024-12-23T16:10:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T16:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58359"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:10:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T16:10:23","slug":"ncdc-activates-emergency-centre-as-lassa-fever-cases-spike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/23\/ncdc-activates-emergency-centre-as-lassa-fever-cases-spike\/","title":{"rendered":"NCDC Activates Emergency Centre as Lassa Fever Cases Spike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Abdul Kareem<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 1,154 confirmed Lassa fever cases and 190 deaths out of 9,492 suspected cases in 2024, prompting the activation of its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC).<\/p>\n<p>NCDC Director General, Jide Idris, revealed during a briefing in Abuja that the outbreak has been classified as high risk due to a sharp rise in cases over the past four weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Ondo, Edo, Bauchi, Taraba, Benue, and Ebonyi account for 89% of cases, with 10 local government areas contributing nearly 59%.<\/p>\n<p>Lassa fever, caused by the Lassa virus, is primarily spread through contact with infected rodent droppings or via bodily fluids.<\/p>\n<p>The fatality rate exceeds 13%, with enhanced surveillance uncovering more cases than in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The NCDC is responding with medical supplies, expanded testing facilities, and rodent control measures in high-burden states.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens are advised to maintain hygiene, store food securely, and avoid bush burning.<\/p>\n<p>Healthcare workers are urged to adhere to infection control protocols and report suspected cases immediately.<\/p>\n<p>The agency reaffirmed its commitment to reducing cases and deaths through a coordinated public health response.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Abdul Kareem The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 1,154 confirmed Lassa fever cases and 190 deaths out of 9,492 suspected cases in 2024, prompting the activation of its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC). NCDC Director General, Jide Idris, revealed during a briefing in Abuja that the outbreak has been classified as high [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":58360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58361,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58359\/revisions\/58361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}