No Confirmed Case Of Ebola Left In Nigeria – Health Minister
Nigeria has scored a partial victory against Ebola as there are now no confirmed cases of the disease remaining in the country.
This was disclosed by the Health Minister, Onyebuchi Chukwu yesterday, September 10, 2014.
Professor
Chukwu also announced that the wife of the late Port Harcourt doctor,
Iyke Enemuo, had been successfully treated and discharged.
The
minister said via a press statement that the total number of EVD
survivors in Nigeria is now 12 while 7 people died of the disease.
He stated:
“The
total number of deaths from EVD in Nigeria stands at seven, Five of
these died in Lagos, one in a private hospital, the index (first) case
Mr. Sawyer, and the other four in the isolation ward in Lagos State.
“Two
of the seven died in Port Harcourt, the medical doctor, who died in a
private hospital and the contact, a patient in the hospital at the time
the doctor was also on admission, who died in the isolation ward in
Rivers State, “
“The total number of patients who have been successfully managed and discharged is now 10.”
Chukwu
also said that a student of the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife,
who had contact with the late Port Harcourt doctor at a naming ceremony,
was being observed for signs of the disease.
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