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Yellow Fever in Nigeria: 23 Deaths and 169 Infected as Yellow Fever to Gombe, Katsina, Borno, and Kano state



Following the recent outbreak of yellow fever in Bauchi States, Nigeria, the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported that since yellow fever was first reported on 29th August 2019 concerning a case of someone from Kano who had earlier visited the games reserve in Yankari, Alkaleri LGA, Bauchi State in August 2019.

The suspected cases reported so far is 169. On Sunday, September 15, 2019, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said Nigeria was responding well to the challenge posed to people who have either visited or residents of Alkaleri LGA (Bauchi) from 1st August 2019 in the Northeastern state.

Further, the center said, the cases suspected and confirmed in Kano, Borno, Gombe, and Katsina states have an epidemiological link to Bauchi state.

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) gave the breakdown as follows; 169 suspected cases, 10 positive incidents (1gM positive on serology), 15 confirmed cases by RT-PCR, 23 deaths, and spread across five states in Nigeria.

The Director-General of the Center, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu that the National yellow fever technical working group (TWG) activated the National Incident Management System (IMS) to manage and see to the response activities on Thursday, 5th September 2019.

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The Director speaking further gave an epidemiological summary from weeks 35-37 as follows: 169 cases reported in 41 local Government areas (LGAS) in five states. Borno has the highest reported case of 65, followed by Katsina (58), Bauchi (35), Gombe (7), and Kano (4)

All the samples collected have been transferred to the Institut Pasteur Dakar (IP Dakar), Senegal, for further analysis.

Ihekweazu further stated that the RT-PCR had been used to confirm 15 cases in Nigeria laboratories, NCDC National reference laboratory; Gaduwa confirmed 14 cases while Lagos university teaching hospital confirmed a case

So far, 23 deaths had been recorded among the suspected cases – Katsina (13), Kano (1), Bauchi (9) with 13.6% case fatality rate (CFR).

The Director-General finally confirmed that the outbreak response activities were managed by a multi-agency National yellow fever emergency operation center coordinated at the NCDC and the National Rapid Response Team (RRT). Interventions have so far been given to Bauchi state.



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