Ebonyi State government on Monday confirmed the death of three medical personnel in the state from suspected Lassa fever infection.
The state Commissioner for Information, Daniel Umezuruike, confirmed this at a briefing in Abakaliki, the stage capital.
He said the victims were two medical doctors and a nurse.
He said the index patient who was treated by one of the doctors and nurse survived and has been discharged.
The commissioner said: “Early last week there was suspected cases of Lassa and yesterday (Monday) my attention was drawn to it that a doctor died of suspected Lassa. We sent 12 samples and four came out positive.”