The Federal Government said on Wednesday, that an attendant
who was one of the medical work force that went to the late Liberian-American,
Patrick Sawyer, who kicked the bucket of Ebola infection in Lagos on July 25,
has passed on of the sickness.
Clergyman of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, who expressed
this at a news gathering in Abuja, likewise affirmed that five other
therapeutic experts who took part in the treatment are as of now tainted with
the infection.
He said, "Nigeria has now recorded seven affirmed
instances of Ebola Virus Disease.
"The first was the list case, which is the foreign case
from Liberia of which the exploited person is presently late.
"Recently, fifth August, 2014, the first known Nigerian
to pass on of the EVD was recorded and this was one of the medical caretakers
that went to the Liberian.
"The other five cases are presently being dealt with at
the Isolation Ward in Lagos."
The Minister noted that all the Nigerians diagnosed were
essential contacts of the file case.
He reported the arrangement of Prof. O. Onajole, of the
Lagos University Teaching Hospital, who will be situated in Lagos, as the
Director, Communication and Community Mobilization for the EVD.
He likewise promised to visit Lagos inside the week, in organization
with his partner in the service of data, to evaluate the circumstances on
ground.
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