The number of victims of the Lass fever in Nigeria increased to 219.
As the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) reports, fatal illness spread in 28 states of Nigeria, including the capital of Abuja.
Last year, 1227 cases of infection with a dangerous disease were revealed in the African country.
For the first time, Lass’s fever was discovered in Nigeria in 1969 in the state of Borno in the northeast country.
Due to the fever of Lass, the Nigeria government in February last year announced the emergency mode
Lass fever is transmitted through contacts with feces of rats and mice. This dangerous disease has the ability to be transmitted from a person to a person and can lead to deaths.
The country’s authorities called for the population to observe precautions, follow the norms of hygiene and avoid contacts with rodents.