Abia begins surveillance in border towns to prevent Lassa Fever outbreak

Abia State has assured residents that cases of Lassa Fever being confirmed successful immoderate States of the Federation person not been identified successful the State.

The State besides said its Ministry of Health and different applicable agencies person mounted surveillance astatine each borderline towns linking Abia with different States, to guarantee that the illness does not get into Abia.

Abia State Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu stated this astatine Government House, Umuahia, connected Monday portion briefing journalists astir the result of Execution Council gathering presided implicit by Governor Alex Otti.

“In the State, Lassa Fever which has breached retired successful immoderate parts of the State has not been noticed here.

“The Ministry of wellness unit and different applicable agencies are moving assiduously to marque definite that each borderline towns starring into the State are kept nether surveillance,” helium said.

The authorities denied the study that the Senior Citizens Law No.4 signed by Governor Alex Otti was designed to stock wealth to aged radical successful the State.

It alternatively explained that the instrumentality is to supply societal services specified arsenic nutrient and nutrition support, wellness enactment for aged susceptible persons, proviso of acquisition and lodging enactment for them, arsenic good arsenic attraction for their intelligence needs.

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