The minister of health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu,
has said that the number of Ebola Virus Disease
in the country has risen to 18, the latest casualty
being the sister of the late Port Harcourt doctor.
The ministry of health has confirmed 18 people,
including the deceased, as having the virus in
Nigeria, fourteen in Lagos and four in Port
Harcourt.
Eight people who contracted the virus have been
successfully treated and discharged, Nwomeh
said in a series of statements on Twitter. A ninth
person, who infected the Port Harcourt doctor,
also recovered.
He said, “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.
A total of 41 people were under surveillance in
Lagos and 255 in Port Harcourt. 320 people have
been discharged in Lagos after being under
surveillance for 21 days, the virus’ incubation
period. The minister also debunked rumours of
EVD cases outside Lagos and Port Harcourt.
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