When 2020 began, Nigeria had 832 cases of Lassa fever across 23 states. Yellow fever had been nipped in the bud to just 2 cases by week 52, giving impression that outbreaks were under control. But it turned out to be the year of pandemic, heralded by the rapid spread of COVID-19 across the countr
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