No fewer than 10 fresh cases of Lassa fever has been recorded in Oyo State.
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin confirmed the latest outbreak of the deadly virus similar to Ebola in a chat with journalists.
“We are already working to bring it under control. We are doing the best to curtail it. We have what it takes to manage it very well. I only want to appeal to our people to be very hygienic and when they feel that something is wrong with our system, we should go to the hospital for proper diagnosis of their sickness and treatment,” he noted.