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  1. Nigeria
  2. Kenya
  3. South Africa
  4. Congo
  5. Namibia
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Option 1 : Nigeria

  • On 22 January 2019, Nigerian health authorities declared a new outbreak of Lassa fever that has killed 16 people since early January 2019.
  • Lassa fever belongs to the same family as Marburg and Ebola, two deadly viruses that lead to infections with fever, vomiting and in worst-case scenarios, haemorrhagic bleeding.
  • The Lassa was first identified in northern Nigeria in 1969.
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