Plateau trains 66 lab scientists, technicians on Lassa fever

Kunden Deyin, the commissioner for health, said on Saturday in Jos at the opening of a workshop on the viral disease that the objective of the training was to help bring succour to the public and avert further mortality arising from Lassa fever in the state.

“The workshop is to broaden the knowledge of participants about the disease and ensure containment as well as promote standard precautions,” he said.

According to Deyin, there is need to safeguard the lives of the health workers through the use of personal protective equipment while carrying out diagnoses.

“This workshop is also to re-orientate you on the need for implementing standard precautions in the handling and taking of samples,” he said.

Agwo Martin, a participant, who described the training as timely, said it would create awareness on the various ways of handling the disease.