The Minister of Health, prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, yesterday dusclosed that the wife of the Port Harcourt doctor, has been discharged from the isolation ward in Lagos State, Tuesday, 9th September 2014.
According to him, this brings to 10, patients that have been successfully managed and discharged, which are among the total number of twelve (12) survivors of EVD in Nigeria).
The minister who was speaking through his. Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Dan Nwomeh, in a statement said at present, there is no single current case of confirmed EVD in Nigeria. He, however, stated that a suspected case of EVD from Ile-Ife, a university student who had contact with the late Port Harcourt doctor at a naming ceremony in Port Harcourt has been quarantined and is being investigated. [eap_ad_2] He said, “As of today, the total number of confirmed cases of EVD in Nigeria stands at nineteen (19), fifteen (15) in Lagos, four (4) in Port Harcourt.”
According to the minister, the total number of deaths from EVD in Nigeria stands at seven (7). Five (5) of this died in Lagos, one (1) in a private hospital, the index case Mr. Sawyer, and the other four (4) in the isolation ward in Lagos State.
“Two of the seven (7) died in Port Harcourt, the medical doctor who died in a private hospital and the contact, a patient in the hospital at the time the doctor was also on admission, who died in the isolation ward in Rivers State.”
Regarding contacts currently under surveillance, Chukwu said Lagos now has 16 contacts under surveillance. A total of 350 contacts who were previously on surveillance have been discharged having completed 21 days of observation.
“Port Harcourt has 490 contacts under surveillance. It is a mixed group consisting of tertiary and quaternary contacts of Mr. Sawyer’s. Sixteen (16) contacts have already been discharged from surveillance in Port Harcourt having completed 21 days of observation.”[eap_ad_3]
