Lassa fever may claim many more victims especially in February and March (dry season) when the disease vector, multimammate rats procreate heavily, thus increasing the chances of infecting foodstuffs.
1-Bushes and gutters around the house must be cleared to make the surrounding unattractive to rats. Food, cooking utensils
2-Do everything possible to keep rodents out of your house
3-Be careful of what you buy and eat from stores,shops and market places
4-Proetect your foods and foodstuffs in your house from rats
5-Food, cooking utensils and drinking water must be kept in rat proof containers
6-Avoid using rats as food sources
7-Close contact of individuals with any illness involving fever that does not respond to treatment for malaria should be avoided.
8-Watch out for anybody with the symptom and alert health care workers near you immediately
Do something today to stop and prevent the spread of this disease..
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