{
  "id": 14054066,
  "title": "Nigeria records 268 Lassa fever deaths as fatality rate rises to 23.6% – NCDC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/nigeria-records-268-lassa-fever-deaths-as-fatality-rate-rises-to-23-6",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-12T21:41:55.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/916572-nigeria-records-268-lassa-fever-deaths-as-fatality-rate-rises-to-23-6-ncdc.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The figures highlight the continued burden of the disease despite a sharp decline in newly confirmed infections in the latest reporting week The post Nigeria records 268 Lassa fever deaths as fatality rate rises to 23.6% – NCDC appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .",
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