| Published Thu, February 1st 2018 at 10:50, Updated February 1st 2018 at 11:02 GMT +3Nigeria Centre for Disease ControlTwenty-one people have died from Lassa fever in Nigeria this month, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said. "Since the beginning of 2018, 80 cases have been classified as 77 confirmed cases, three probable cases with 21 deaths," the NCDC said on Twitter. ALSO READ: Top five health innovations of our timeCases have been reported in 13 of 36 states while 10 health care workers had been affected, it added. Lassa fever belongs to the same family as Marburg and Ebola, two deadly viruses that lead to infections with fever, vomiting, and in worst-case scenarios, haemorrhagic bleeding. Its name comes from the town of Lassa in northern Nigeria where it was first identified in 1969.

Source: Standard Digital February 01, 2018 08:03 UTC