At a news conference in Lagos, Jide Idris, the Lagos state commissioner of health, confirmed that there were 34 cases of sick children with the Febrile Rash Illnesses (FRI) in in Ikate, Lekki, and 25 children have died from the disease.
“The graves of 20 children who died from the FRI since the day of onset of signs and symptoms in the first case on January 6 were identified by their parents.
“Also, 34 cases have been line listed so far with 17 males and 17 females; 17 dead patients have been identified with nine males and eight females, all are within the age range of eight and 72 months,”
“The source of the infection is still under investigation and until we know the required source, we cannot say for sure, what is causing it.” he said
The children developed rashes and had symptoms similar to measles before dying two days after.
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