ABUJA: The death toll of Lassa fever has risen to 128 in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, since the beginning of this year, public health authorities said Thursday.The 128 fatal cases were among a total of 682 confirmed cases from the outbreak of viral haemorrhagic fever recorded since January, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) in its latest report, according to Xinhua.At least 20 fatal cases were recorded across 16 out of Nigeria’s 36 states within one week, precisely from Feb 26 to March 3 alone, the NCDC said, noting the severity of the outbreak with a case fatality rate of 18.8 per cent.The public health agency said the predominant age grou
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