Plateau State authorities have confirmed an outbreak of Lassa fever in seven local government areas, reporting 11 positive cases and four deaths since December 2025.
According to Channels TV, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Nicholas Baamlong, spoke at a press briefing on Saturday at the Ministry of Health in Jos, outlining the scale of the outbreak and the state’s response.
“We were first alerted on December 20, 2025, following a case from Quanpan Local Government Area, and immediately, we activated our incident management team,” Baamlong said, noting that initial investigations identified two confirmed cases that triggered extensive contact tracing.
He added, “At that time, we traced about 69 contacts, from which we recorded 16 suspected cases, and five were confirmed positive. This means that from December till now, we have confirmed eleven positive cases in Plateau State.”
The outbreak has led to four fatalities across major hospitals in the state, including one medical practitioner.Get The Full, Details. .
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