NO SINGLE CASE OF CONFIRMED EBOLA IN NIGERIA –SAYS HEALTH MINISTER!

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has confirmed that the last of 10 patients confirmed positive for Ebola virus disease in Nigeria has left hospital after treatment. This was disclosed in a statement that stated that “At present, there is no single current case of confirmed EVD in Nigeria”. The last case is the wife of the Port Harcourt doctor who died after contracting Ebola from treating an ECOWAS diplomat colleague of Patrick Sawyer, who introduced the virus into Nigeria. She was discharged from isolation ward in Lagos on Tuesday. Her sister-in-law (sister of the late doctor) was discharged from the same hospital on Sunday.

However, officials are monitoring a new suspected case in Ile-Ife—a university student who had contact with the late Port Harcourt doctor “at a naming ceremony in Port Harcourt.” The student has been “quarantined and is being investigated,” the minister said. Sixteen people remain under surveillance in Lagos, after more than 350 who completed 21 days of observation were let go, officials said. In Port Harcourt, the number of people under watch has risen to 490—including people who had indirect contact with him, while 16 of them have already been taken off surveillance after required observation. An 18-month-old baby, who was quarantined after being suspected to have contracted the dreaded Ebola virus disease, has tested negative.

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Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.