GREAT NEWS! NIGERIA HAS JUST ONE EBOLA CASE LEFT
The
Nigerian Health Minister announced that the disease has been successfully
contained….
Nigeria
has just one confirmed case of Ebola left, according to the Health Minister, Prof
Onyebuchi Chukwu.
The
minister stated that the disease hasn’t been totally eliminated but it has been
successfully contained.
He said:
“As of
today, Nigeria has 13 cases of Ebola virus disease. That is including the index
case- the late Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer,” Chukwu said. “Five did not
survive, however two more Nigerian patients have been discharged.
Both of
them, health workers, were discharged yesterday. This brings the number of
those discharged now to seven. “As I speak to you Nigeria has only one case of
Ebola virus.
“This is
thus far an indication that Nigeria has contained the virus.” However, there
are still 128 secondary contacts under surveillance,”
Ebola was
brought into Nigeria by Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer who died on July 25.
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