Ben Agande, Abuja.
An additional twenty one persons including a nurse have been quarantined in
Enugu state on a suspicion of likely infection with Ebola Virus Disease.
Minister of Information Labaran Maku
told
State House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting that the affected nurse had primary contact with the late Liberian, Patrick Sawyer, who brought the disease to Nigeria.
State House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting that the affected nurse had primary contact with the late Liberian, Patrick Sawyer, who brought the disease to Nigeria.
The minister explained that the
nurse traveled to Enugu from Lagos against instruction not to leave Lagos
State, adding that 198 persons are currently under watch by the Ministry of
Health to contain further spread of the disease.
Labaran Maku explained that out of
the 198 persons under surveillance , 177 of them are in Lagos while 21
are in Enugu.
“All those who had primary contact
have been quarantined. Secondary contacts have also been traced. So far the
number of people that have been traced is 198. Out of this number, 177 are in
Lagos and are being traced. Some are in quarantine, some are being monitored by
health specialists.”
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