Last Friday, Rivers state recorded its first casualty of the EBOLA virus. The Victim was a doctor, Iyke Enemoah,who treated an ECOWAS staff, a primary contact of the Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer, died of the virus.
The doctor's death bring the total deaths of EVD in the country to six (6) while 70 people in Port Harcourt who had primary and secondary contacts with the doctor and the hospital where he worked are under surveillance in a bid to stop the spread of the deadly virus in the city. CONTINUE....
The ECOWAS staff who has also returned to Lagos has been brought under surveillance.
The result of the test conducted on the wife of the doctor is being expected later on Thursday.
In all, 217 people are still under observation in the country, 141 in Lagos, 70 in Rivers and six in Enugu.
The doctor, who is a secondary contact was reported to have treated an ECOWAS staff who had contact with the Liberian-American that imported the virus into Nigeria.
The ECOWAS staff who is a Nigerian, according to Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, evaded government surveillance team in July and traveled out of Lagos to Port Harcourt, where he was said to have consulted with the doctor.
The minister, however, assured the people of Rivers that there was no cause for panicking as the government is on top of the situation.
He assured residents of the state that government was going to handle the case just as it did with Lagos.
The minister also pleaded with those under observation to stick to the simple instruction, stressing that early detection has been very helpful in containing the disease.
The ECOWAS staff who has also returned to Lagos has been brought under surveillance.
The result of the test conducted on the wife of the doctor is being expected later on Thursday.
In all, 217 people are still under observation in the country, 141 in Lagos, 70 in Rivers and six in Enugu.
The doctor, who is a secondary contact was reported to have treated an ECOWAS staff who had contact with the Liberian-American that imported the virus into Nigeria.
The ECOWAS staff who is a Nigerian, according to Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, evaded government surveillance team in July and traveled out of Lagos to Port Harcourt, where he was said to have consulted with the doctor.
The minister, however, assured the people of Rivers that there was no cause for panicking as the government is on top of the situation.
He assured residents of the state that government was going to handle the case just as it did with Lagos.
The minister also pleaded with those under observation to stick to the simple instruction, stressing that early detection has been very helpful in containing the disease.
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