Agency The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has called for preventive measures to prevent an outbreak of yellow fever during the rainy season. It noted that just like cholera, the disease also poses great and can spread fast risk during the rainy season. The Director-General, NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, made this known during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja, stressing that yellow fever, a viral infection transmitted by infected mosquitoes, also posed significant health risks.

According to him, the spike in yellow fever incidents can largely be attributed to heightened mosquito activities, as these insects are primary vectors for the disease He said yellow fever is an epidemic-prone, vaccine-preventable disease caused by an arbovirus transmitted to humans primarily through the bite of infected Aedes and Haemagogus mosquitoes. He added that the incubation period ranges from three to six days. Idris explained, “Many people don’t experience symptoms, but when they occur, the most common are fever, muscle pain with prominent back pain, headache, loss of appetite, and nausea or vomiting.

“In most cases, symptoms disappear after three to four days.” The NCDC boss said that a small percentage of cases progressed to a toxic phase, with systemic infection affecting the liver and kidneys. He added, “These individuals can have more severe symptoms like high-grade fever, abdominal pain with vomiting, jaundice, and dark urine, caused by .