Two people have been confirmed dead in Rivers state following the outbreak of the Lassa fever virus in the state Tuesday.
The state commissioner for Health Dr. Odagme Theophilus confirmed this in a statement issued in the state Tuesday.
He said the government is making efforts to trace where the disease broke out from with the view to stall further spread.
Theophilus urged residents of the state to step up their hygiene and environmental sanitation, just as they should be weary of all forms of contact with rats and other rodents and their droppings to avoid being infested.
Lassa fever is a fast killing communicable disease found in a species of rat with eight breasts instead of the normal two breasts.
Some of the symptoms of the virus include swollen face, nose bleeding, high fever, nausea, swollen mouth among others.
The virus was first reported in Taraba state, where one person was reportedly dead and two quarantined.
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