Here’s the latest update on Ebola virus in Nigeria as released by the Special Assistant on Media and Communication to the Minister of Health, Dan Nwomeh
“1.
Total number of confirmed cases of Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria is
now eighteen (18). The 18th confirmed case is the sister of the late
Port Harcourt doctor.
2.
Total number of cases successfully managed and discharged is now eight
(8). The last case to be discharged, the first secondary contact to be
diagnosed and a spouse of a primary contact of the index case, went home
from the isolation ward in Lagos yesterday. (The 9th survivor is the
ECOWAS Commission official who jumped surveillance in Lagos and
travelled to Port Harcourt where he infected the doctor who attended to
him).
3.
Total number of deaths from Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria is now seven
(7). One (1), the index case, occurred in a private hospital in Lagos,
four (4) in the Lagos isolation ward, one (1) in the Port Harcourt
isolation ward (the female patient who was on admission in the same
hospital where the late Port Harcourt doctor was also admitted), while
another one (1) was the doctor who was infected by the ECOWAS Commission
official in Port Harcourt and who did not come under the care and
management of the Incident Management Committee.
4.
Total number of EVD patients currently under treatment is two (2), one
in the Lagos isolation ward and another one (1) in the Port Harcourt
isolation ward.
5.
Total number of contacts currently under surveillance in Lagos is forty
one (41), while Port Harcourt has two hundred and fifty five (255).
6. Total number of contacts discharged in Lagos after they were observed for 21 days is 320.
The
minister also debunked rumours of EVD cases outside Lagos and Port
Harcourt. These include the three (3) reported cases in the Federal
Capital Territory and one case in Calabar. The minister further debunked
the story that the body of the late Port Harcourt doctor was
transported to Edo or Delta State, saying the body has been
decontaminated and will be interred in Port Harcourt.
Regarding the rumoured case in Zaria, the blood sample has been sent for Ebola testing.”
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