The Medical and Health Workers Union, Lagos State council,
on Saturday, said that it would embark on public enlightenment to discourage
drinking of garri for now to prevent Lassa fever.
Mr Razak Adeofalade, Chairman of the union, stated this in
an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. According to him,
the house rats that cause Lassa fever are mostly in contact with Nigerian most
staple food, garri, a cassava product.
"We are going to encourage members of the public to
stop drinking gari at this moment, it is better that the cassava flour is
utilised for 'eba’ because of the use of hot water. We are waging total war and
that is: 'War against Rats,’ and that is what we are going to do to ensure we
do not have another victim of Lassa fever in the state.
"We will also be telling them to ensure that their
fruits and raw vegetables are properly washed if they must be consumed raw and
cook to the appropriate temperature. The whole essence is to enlighten our
people because education carries a lot of weight in this whole activity,"
he said.
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