Nigerian Minister for Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has confirmed that the Lagos nurse who travelled to Enugu against medical advice is now back in Lagos and is under quarantine with her husband.
The suspect, identified as a nurse, said to have travelled to her home town to visit her family, is now under surveillance with 20 others she came into contact with in the city.
With the development, the total number of Nigerians under monitoring for the dreaded virus is now 198.
Revealing these facts yesterday after the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja, Information Minister, Labaran Maku, explained that Nigeria currently has 10 confirmed cases of Ebola, all stemming from the visit of the late Sawyer.
Maku explained that of the 198 persons under surveillance, 177 of them are in Lagos while 21 are in Enugu.
He said: “All those who had primary contact have been quarantined. Secondary contacts have also been traced. So far, the number of people that have been traced is 198.
“Of this number, 177 are in Lagos and are being traced. Some are in quarantine, some are being monitored by health specialists.”
Meanwhile, the death toll world wide from the outbreak stands at 1,069 and total number of infections 1,975, according to the World Health Organisation. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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This I wonder what you will gain by killing your family members, it's something we can forgive from other pple but a nurse, pple can be selfish.
ReplyDeleteThis isss verY wicked of her she new the implication of heeeer actionss but rather every of her family members dies. Wwwwhy taking it to her town who I'll forgive such act. Let's just pray that she does not Have it. Nurse for that matter,
ReplyDeleteThe price of sanitisers has shot up more than 500n percent to about #1,200 for a small pocket-size bottle! I think one of the most effective ways to fight ebola is for the Government to import and flood the Nigeria markets with sanitisers to be sold for #20 - #50 or even distributed free in some poor communities, followed by mass grassroot campaign on its use.
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