NCDC blames high transport costs for slow response as Lassa fever kills 70

Punchng | 24-02-2026 05:58pm |

As the Lassa fever outbreak surges in the country, claiming 70 lives in less than two months, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Jide Idris, has attributed delays in detection and response in some states to high specimen transportation costs, reporting inconsistencies and weak data validation systems. He further

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