Lassa fever killed more people than COVID-19 in Ondo — Adeyeye

 Lassa fever killed more people than COVID-19 in Ondo — Adeyeye

By Emmanuel Awosika

No fewer than 80 people lost their lives to Lassa fever in Ondo in the last year alone, the Health Commissioner, Dr. Jibayo Adeyeye, has revealed.

Adeyeye made the disclosure on Thursday during a sensitisation programme on the need to eradicate Lassa fever.

According to him, lassa fever killed more people in the state than even the novel Coronavirus.

The Health Commissioner stressed that the only tactic to eradicate lassa fever is to eliminate presence of rodents in communities.

He also announced that the state government has distributed over 10,000 rodenticides for free to communities to aid rodent extermination.

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