The Delta State Government has confirmed about four cases of Lassa fever in the state.

The State’s Commissioner of Health, Joseph Onojaeme, who spoke to newsmen in Asaba on Friday, March 22, listed the affected local government areas as Okpe, Oshimili North, Oshimili South and Ndokwa East.

According to him, Emergency Operation Center, EOCs, have been set up across the state to monitor the situation and ensure residents are aware of what is going on.

“In week 12, we have four confirmed cases so far recorded with a fatality rate of 50% though the general fatality rate for Lassa fever is 1 – 15% so we are doing everything humanly possible to ensure that we curtail the transmission from patient to health workers and from patients to relatives,” the commissioner disclosed.

He said the government is doing a lot of advocacy to especially to health workers, and sensitisation of residents to have a high index of suspicion when they see those cases.