This is no longer a child’s play as the number of confirmed cases of
Ebola has risen to 10
The Federal Government has confirmed another Ebola case in Lagos
bringing the total number of Ebola Virus Disease victims to 10, even as 177
primary and secondary contacts of the index case have been placed under
surveillance or isolation.
At a world media briefing held in the nation’s capital Abuja this
morning (Monday), the Minister of Health Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu said of these 10
cases, 2 have died (the Liberian American and the Nigerian nurse) while 8 are
alive and currently on treatment.
This is the situation 22 days since the dreaded EVD first landed in
Nigeria.
At the sub regional level, the Ebola Virus Disease was discussed as a
substantive agenda during the Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and
Government in Accra Ghana.
Chukwu said Nigeria, as usual, played its leading, pioneering and
compassionate role during the Summit with the first and only donation of USD3.5
million humanitarian and capacity building aid to the three affected countries
of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, the West African Health Organization (WAHO),
and the ECOWAS Ebola Fund.
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