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Multimammate rat
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The
spread of Lassa
fever in Nigeria has necessitated a need to enlighten the general public
about
means of identifying the pest carrying the virus which is detrimental to
human
health. The name of the rat that possesses and spreads the virus that
causes lassa fever is called Multimammate rat (because it has many titss
like
all these local street dogs after delivery), while the botanical name is
Mastomys Natalensis. There is also an upsurge of the disease everywhere.
So there's need for us to practice hand washing hygiene. Also, all Apple
lovers should
wash them with salt and warm water before refrigerating them to eat.
Women should avoid testing of dry garri by chewing them. All
garri soakers should let go for now.
The problem is that
most of our garri sellers in the market buy their garri from bush markets.
These garri are often fried half dry and are subsequently dried on polythene
sheets on the tarred roads or compounds in the villages.
These rats dive in at will to feed their hungry bellies and in
the process, defecate and urinate on the garri, which dry up with it. If used
for Eba, the virus may die because of the hot water used. But if soaked, the
virus is directly ushered in. Please no one should joke with this precaution,
except you process your cassava yourself.
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