-As Another Suspected Victim Is Discovered In Lagos Estate
One of the nurses that attended to the Liberian-American that imported the Ebola Virus Disease into Lagos, Nigeria, Patrick Sawyer, has tested positive to the virus.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, confirmed this to newsmen on Monday.
Sawyer died on July 25, few days after his arrival in Nigeria.
One of the nurses who attended to him also died a few days later.
The Minister of Health said the nurse’s husband is now under surveillance alongside 176 others.
According to Onyebuchi, the number of those that have tested positive to EVD in the country is now 10.
Two of those 10 have died – Sawyer and the nurse – while other eight are receiving treatment.
President Goodluck Jonathan last week declared the outbreak of Ebola in the country a national emergency, voting N1.9 billion in emergency funding.
Earlier, the World Health Organisation had also declared the EVD an international emergency.
In a related development, a suspected Ebola virus victim was discovered in the Lagos State Property Development Corporation estate in Isheri area of Lagos State.
The estate shares a close boundary with Ogun State in the Isheri area.
The man, identified to be from Niger Republic, The Eagle Online learnt, was dropped on Saturday by the gate of the estate by a commercial motorcyclist, popularly called okada, who sped off after doing so.
The man, who could no longer talk, had blood all over his nose and mouth, without signs of having been beaten.
He was coughing out blood.
The residents of the estate immediately raised the alarm, suspecting Ebola.
This was more so as the okada man who brought him sped off.
The residents of the estate immediately put a call through to the Lagos State Emergency Management Service and the federal authorities for help.
It took several hours before the man was picked up by the health authorities.
The residents, sequel to the development, have resolved to avoid taking commercial motorcycles until the case is proven not to be Ebola related, The Eagle Online learnt.
The fear is that if it is a case of Ebola, the likelihood of the okada man having become infected could not be ruled out.
The estate residents called a meeting where the resolutions were taken.
One of the nurses that attended to the Liberian-American that imported the Ebola Virus Disease into Lagos, Nigeria, Patrick Sawyer, has tested positive to the virus.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, confirmed this to newsmen on Monday.
Sawyer died on July 25, few days after his arrival in Nigeria.
One of the nurses who attended to him also died a few days later.
The Minister of Health said the nurse’s husband is now under surveillance alongside 176 others.
According to Onyebuchi, the number of those that have tested positive to EVD in the country is now 10.
Two of those 10 have died – Sawyer and the nurse – while other eight are receiving treatment.
President Goodluck Jonathan last week declared the outbreak of Ebola in the country a national emergency, voting N1.9 billion in emergency funding.
Earlier, the World Health Organisation had also declared the EVD an international emergency.
In a related development, a suspected Ebola virus victim was discovered in the Lagos State Property Development Corporation estate in Isheri area of Lagos State.
The estate shares a close boundary with Ogun State in the Isheri area.
The man, identified to be from Niger Republic, The Eagle Online learnt, was dropped on Saturday by the gate of the estate by a commercial motorcyclist, popularly called okada, who sped off after doing so.
The man, who could no longer talk, had blood all over his nose and mouth, without signs of having been beaten.
He was coughing out blood.
The residents of the estate immediately raised the alarm, suspecting Ebola.
This was more so as the okada man who brought him sped off.
The residents of the estate immediately put a call through to the Lagos State Emergency Management Service and the federal authorities for help.
It took several hours before the man was picked up by the health authorities.
The residents, sequel to the development, have resolved to avoid taking commercial motorcycles until the case is proven not to be Ebola related, The Eagle Online learnt.
The fear is that if it is a case of Ebola, the likelihood of the okada man having become infected could not be ruled out.
The estate residents called a meeting where the resolutions were taken.
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