8-year-old Girl Tests Positive to Lassa Fever

  

We gathered that Gombe State Director of Public Health, Dr Joshua Abubakar has explained that an eight year old girl in Gombe from Lamban village of Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area, has tested positive to Lassa fever, according to DailyTrust.

Report has it that Dr Abubakar, disclose to reporters in Gombe that, the girl was brought to the specialist hospital from a private clinic, and that the sample sent to a laboratory in Lagos confirmed she has the fever.

He said the girl was currently at the isolation ward of the hospital and responding to treatment.
 

Abubakar said, the state rapid response team, were trying to trace the route of the sickness through the girl's family members. He said, there were seven suspected cases out of which five were confirmed negative, one positive and one still pending.