The Kaduna State Government has ordered an immediate investigation into the deaths of three health workers and one patient at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital Kaduna (44 NARHK).
According to a statement Thursday by Governor Uba Sani‘s spokesperson, Mohammed Shehu, the fatalities were recorded from a suspected outbreak of Lassa fever at the Army hospital, adding that three other patients with similar symptoms are currently being managed.
Meanwhile, the army medical authorities in an earlier statement linked the symptoms to what it described as acute Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF), noting that samples were sent to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) laboratory in Kano for analysis.
