Six die as Edo declares lassa fever outbreak

Promptnewsonline | 14-02-2026 10:25am |

The Edo State Government has declared a Lassa fever outbreak following the confirmation of six deaths linked to the disease across the state. The Commissioner for Health, Cyril Oshiomhole, disclosed this on Friday while addressing journalists in Benin City, revealing that 28 cases of the viral infection had been laboratory confirmed. According to him, the

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