The corpse of the patient that died of Lassa fever is still at the National Hospital in Abuja. It is suspected that the corpse must have been abandoned as a result of the nature of his death. They fear that they might contact the deadly disease in the process of burial.
However, the spokesperson for the National Hospital, Dr. Tayo Haastrup, said the hospital management is waiting on the Federal Ministry of Health to give instructions concerning the corpse. He denied reports of employees panicking whenever any suspected case of Lassa fever was brought to the hospital.
Also, laboratory tests conducted on the patient with symptoms of Lassa fever who was brought to Kubwa General Hospital in Abuja tested negative.
Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, has said that a 24-year-old female student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, and 18 others are currently under observation.
He said the undergraduate had contact with the index case in Lagos State recorded in Ahmadiyyah Hospital in the Ojokoro Local Government Area of the state.
