….Bauchi, Ondo, Taraba, Edo, Benue account for 84% of infections By Chioma Obinna ABUJA — Nigeria’s Lassa fever outbreak has claimed 204 lives in 2026, as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, warned that delayed hospital visits, poor health-seeking behaviour and increasing infections among healthcare workers were worsening the disease burden across […]

….Bauchi, Ondo, Taraba, Edo, Benue account for 84% of infections By Chioma Obinna ABUJA — Nigeria’s Lassa fever outbreak has claimed 204 lives in 2026, as the Nigeria Centre for…

Nigeria's medical academy demands urgent action as Lassa fever deaths reach 204. Learn about the surge in cases, prevention, and control measures.