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LASEMA monitors coronavirus, Lassa fever

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LASEMA monitors coronavirus, Lassa fever

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10 months ago

February 11, 2020

Victor Okoroafor

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA says it is closely monitoring the outbreak of hemorrhagic fevers to prevent an epidemic in the state.

The Director-General of LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos.

He said, “These epidemics which have posed global and local emergency health threats have fueled the preparedness plan of LASEMA,” Oke-Osanyintolu said.

Oke-Osanyintolu said that in order to achieve LASEMA’s response, the agency had to collaborate with the Ministry of Health and Primary Health Care Board of the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas to prevent the epidemic on the global and domestic fronts.