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We Will Reduce Lassa Fever Incidence In 10 Years – NCDC DG
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NSDC), Dr. Olajide Idris, has said the agency aims to reduce the incidence of Lassa fever to an appreciable level within the next 10 years.
Idris made this known during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Monday, explaining that vaccine development for Lassa fever takes time.
“We would reduce the incidence of Lassa fever to an appreciable level in the next 10 years. I said that because developing a vaccine for Lassa fever takes a long time.
“I am not going to lie to you telling you I’m going to reduce Lassa fever in the next two to three years whether I say that I will reduce the incidence of Lassa fever in this country appreciably to an attemptable level,” he said.
