Lassa Fever Kills Corps Member In Cross River

A Corps member, Onwuegbuzie Stanley Samuel, serving in Community Secondary School, Ofodua in Obubra Council of Cross River State, has been reported dead as a result of Lassa fever attack.

The late corps member was said to have fallen ill and was rushed to the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), where he died.

Following this incident, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has line listed over 15 persons, including the deceased’s colleagues living in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Lodge in Obubra, as being at risk.

Director General of the Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Betta Edu, who confirmed the incident, said the situation was under control.

This is the second Lassa fever-related death in the state.

from theguardian