The Federal and Lagos State
governments, yesterday, differed on new suspected cases of Ebola Virus Disease,
EVD, in the country. While the Minister of Health Prof.
Onyebuchi Chukwu insisted that there were no new cases of the EVD in Nigeria,
the Lagos State Commissioner for Health Dr. Jide Idris told reporters that five
new suspected cases of Ebola have been recorded in the state.
At a briefing in Lagos, Idris announced that there were five new cases among
which were two secondary contacts and three primary contacts with the
index (first) case.
The commissioner said the suspected
cases had been put at the Ebola isolation ward of the Mainland Hospital, Lagos,
without any application of Nano Silver drug and that they would be monitored
for the 21-day incubation period of the virus. “To date we have eight
suspected cases and five of them came in yesterday. We have 12 confirmed cases
and on the whole, five have died.
We are currently following up 213 contacts
and 62 have completed the 21-day follow-up.
President Goodluck Jonathan has
approved the release of N200 million to the Lagos State Government to assist in
containment of the spread of the disease.
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