Na serious wahala for Nigeria as Lassa fever outbreak dey worsen. Plenty pipo don die for Taraba, Benue, Plateau, and Edo states, and according to authorities, di number of pipo wey dey catch di sickness dey rise everyday.

Di tin wey dey worry pipo pass na say many doctors and nurses don catch di virus while dey try save lives.

For Taraba State, Federal Medical Centre Jalingo tok say 35 pipo don die from Lassa fever, and dem call am one of di worst outbreaks for recent time. Di Head of Clinical Services for di hospital, Dr. Suleiman Abubakar Kirim, tell Daily Trust say dem admit 226 pipo wey dem suspect get di sickness. After dem do test, 95 pipo show positive, and from dis one, 35 die. 20 pipo don well and don go home.

For Benue, di outbreak don hit health workers well well. Di state government confam say 10 health workers don die because of di sickness. Di State Epidemiologist, Dr. Msuega Asema, reveal say 45 cases don show positive out of 250 suspected cases across di state.

For Plateau, authorities confam say 4 pipo don die and 11 cases don show positive for 7 local government areas — Quanpan, Shendam, Wase, Langtang South, Jos North, Jos South, and Mangu.

For Edo, di government don officially declare outbreak as cases dey rise. Di Commissioner for Health, Dr. Cyril Oshiomhole, tok say 29 cases don show positive, with 6 deaths, especially for Etsako West and Esan West local government areas.

Lassa fever na viral sickness wey dey cause bleeding. E dey pass from rats to humans when person touch food or house tin wey infected multimammate rats don piss or shit upon.