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| Kogi State Gov Bello |
The sick woman in Kogi, Miss Aisha Jimoh, who was confirmed
to have contracted the dreaded Lassa fever is dead.
A brother to the deceased, Mr. Asipita Jimoh, told the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja that Aisha, 18, died in the early hours of
Monday at the Irua General Hospital in Edo, where she was rushed to.
Asipita said that his family was contacted on the
development, shortly after Aisha, a student of the Muslim Community Secondary
School, Lokoja, gave up the ghost.
Asipita, who spoke to NAN at his family house at Gadumo
Layout in Lokoja, said that Aisha’s sickness started about five days ago.
He said that the lady was taken to the Federal Medical
Centre (FMC), Lokoja from where she was transferred to the General Hospital in
Edo.
“We lost our parents about two years ago and we have lost
our sister again,” Asipita cried.
He said that other members of the Jimoh family would need
medical assistance to stop the spread of the disease.
NAN recalls that authorities at FMC Lokoja, had on Sept. 3,
suspected that Aisha might have been suffering from Lassa fever and had,
consequently, referred her to the General Hospital, Irua for confirmatory test
and treatment.
The Kogi Commissioner for Health, Dr. Saka Audu, later told
NAN that Aisha had tested positive to Lassa fever.
Audu said that the State Government was working on tracking
people, who might have had contact with Aisha.
On Aug. 17, the Kogi Government debunked reports of an
outbreak of Lassa fever in the state.
There were reports previously of an outbreak of a strange
disease in Okuran, Okoloke and Isanlu in the Yagba West Local Government Area
of the state. (NAN)
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