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The Medical and Health Workers Union, Lagos State Council, has noted that
it would embark on public enlightenment to stop consumption of soaked garri for
now to prevent Lassa Fever.
Mr
Razak Adeofalade, the Chairman of the union stated this in an interview with
the NAN in Lagos on Saturday. According to him, the house rats that caused
Lassa Fever are mostly in contact with any exposed raw foods.
His
words: “We are going to encourage members of the public to depart from the
process of 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.
Adeofalade
added that the union was also calling for adaptation of best practices for food
storage to prevent epidemic,” he added.
According
to him, the union is determined to wage war against rat in the state and public
enlightenment on fighting epidemic.
“We
will go into premises, market place and teach them on the best practice of
storing of food items from contacts with rodents,’’ he said.
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