TheCable

The Kaduna state government has confirmed the death of three people following an outbreak of Lassa fever. 

The incident took place at Saint Louis Specialist Hospital Zonkwa, Zango Kataf Local government  area of the state.

The three  people  confirmed dead are a doctor, nurse and  a pregnant woman who was believed  to have infected the health workers.

The Kaduna state commissioner for health, Jonathan Andrew Nok, a professor, confirmed the incident to journalists on Monday.

The commissioner said the doctor and nurse had symptoms  of Lassa fever shortly after operating on the pregnant woman who was brought in from another hospital in Kafanchan, and later died few days after they tested positive to the deadly disease.

The commissioner said the affected hospitals have been put under isolation with a view to tracing the primary and secondary contacts with the deceased.

Nok called on residents of the state not to panic, saying that government was on top of the situation and urged them to maintain personal hygiene around their homes as a panacea towards curbing the menace.