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Ebola: 160 Persons Under Observation In Rivers State

At least 160 persons that made contact with a doctor that died of Ebola disease, Iyke Enomoah, have been identified and put under observation. The … Continue reading Ebola: 160 Persons Under Observation In Rivers State


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EbolaAt least 160 persons that made contact with a doctor that died of Ebola disease, Iyke Enomoah, have been identified and put under observation.

The Rivers State Commissioner of Health, Sampson Parker, told a press conference at the state’s ministry secretariat in Port Harcourt on Friday that the persons had shown no signs of the Ebola disease.

He, however, said that the persons were strictly under watch.

The commissioner told the reporters that the baby of the wife of the late health worker, who has since been quarantined, was in good health.

“Rivers State now has a mobile testing unit for testing blood samples for the virus. A national Ebola response team has been set up headed by the Minister of Health, Professor Oyenbuchi Chukwu,” Mr Parker said, dispelling rumours that the state was not working with the Federal Government in tackling the spread of the disease.

He also stated that all places identified to have been visited by late Dr Iyke after he met with the ECOWAS diplomat, known as Oluibukun Koye, were being decontaminated as part of measures to contain the spread of the disease.

The late doctor’s residence, the Green Heart hospital, where he was treated and the morgue, where his body was kept, were part of the places being decontaminated.

The Ebola Virus Disease has killed five persons in Nigeria, with five of the deaths occurring in Lagos State, where the first case of the disease was recorded.

A Liberian-American man, Patrick Sawyer, who brought the virus to Nigeria died on July 25 in Lagos.

Since the outbreak of the disease in West Africa, at least 1,500 deaths have been recorded.