Lagos reports first Lassa case, patient isolated in LUTH

The first case of a Lassa fever patient has been reported at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos State.
The 25-year-old patient, Ahmed Fasasi, who just arrived from the northern part of the country, started feeling uncomfortable and was rushed to the hospital on Friday evening.
Doctors later diagnosed him of suffering from the disease and he was confined to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) section of the hospital.
The hospital, in a statement, declared that Fasasi had been completed isolated in the A&E ward.
“Patient isolated, containment area being devised, ribavirin available. Theatre in A&E to be used as isolation ward. No need to panic. But limit movement to A&E. Trained staff on ground. More info soon. CMAC of LUTH”.