Nigeria has recorded 14 deaths across 10 states from suspected cases of yellow fever from January to July 2022.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) disclosed this on Sunday via its official website.
The affected states as Abia -one, Bayelsa -one, Benue- one, Imo- one, Kaduna- one, Katsina – two, Kebbi -two, Taraba -two, Yobe -one and Zamfara -three.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) described yellow fever as an acute viral haemorrhagic disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes.
The “yellow” in the name refers to jaundice that affects some patients.
The symptoms of yellow fever include headache, jaundice, muscle pain, nausea, vomiting and fatigue.
A small proportion of patients who contract the virus, however, develop severe symptoms, and approximately half of those die within seven to 10 days.
The Nigerian Public Health Institute said that cumulatively a total of 1,179 suspected cases of yellow fever were reported from 416 local government areas between January 1 and July 31.
It said that one case each was confirmed from Sokoto, Osun, Ondo, Anambra and Imo states.
The NCDC said that male to female ratio for suspected cases was 1:1.7 with males recording 637 cases (54 per cent) and females, 542 cases (46 per cent).
It stated that 74 per cent of cases were aged 30 years and below.
“One hundred and twenty-six (10.7 per cent) of 1,179 suspected cases has had at least one dose of the yellow fever vaccine,” it said.
