LASSA FEVER CASES HIT 1,000 AS DEATH TOLL RISES TO 237 IN 23 STATES

Nigeria has recorded 1,000 confirmed Lassa fever cases and 237 deaths across 23 states and 116 Local Government Areas in the first 30 weeks of 2026. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, says the case fatality rate now stands at 23.7 per cent, higher than the 18.8 per...