Six suspected lassa fever patients escape from isolation centre Anxiety has gripped Lafia and Awe local government areas of Nasarawa State following the escape of six persons suspected to have been exposed to Lassa fever from an isolation centre. The suspects were said to have been taken to the Federal University of Lafia Teaching Hospital isolation facility after they were identified as contacts of a patient who reportedly died from symptoms linked to Lassa fever. Blood samples were taken and sent to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC)...