The Federal Government has cleared the air on the news that the sister of late Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, tested positive to the Ebola virus. Dr. Adedavoh, a senior physician at First Consultant Hospital, Lagos, who died last week, had direct contact with the index case, Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer. Fielding questions from State House correspondents on Wednesday after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, said Adadevoh’s sister tested negative to the virus. Chukwu also said despite the success recorded so far in containing the EVD, Nigeria is not completely free yet from the virus. He said it was premature to declare Nigeria Ebola free.
[eap_ad_1] The Minister said the war against Ebola would only be over when there is no single case across the world. His words: “While Nigeria has successfully contained Ebola, it has not eliminated the disease because there is still a case we are managing and as long as there is one case in the world, every country is still at risk. “It is still possible that Nigeria may record between one to three new cases because there are people under surveillance. “There is a case we are still managing and even that case we are still managing must also have had her own third degree contacts, many of whom are part of this number of people that are under surveillance. “There is still a chance one of the people under surveillance may fall sick and test positive. “So until we give a clean bill of health to every contact, we cannot even say we have eliminated the disease.” Chukwu, also clarified that the N1.9 billion released by the Federal Government was not meant to be shared to the states. He said the states would only benefit from the equipments that would be purchased by the Federal Ministry of Health with the money. On the suggestion that the borders should be closed, he had this to say: “There is no panic to close border but if it becomes necessary, we may close border. “Our borders are still opened, but what we are doing is screening of people coming into the country.” (The Eagleonline)
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