Nigerian Minister for Health,
Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has confirmed that the Lagos nurse who travelled to
Enugu against medical advice is now back in Lagos and is under quarantine with
her husband.
The suspect, identified as a nurse,
said to have travelled to her home town to visit her family, is now under
surveillance with 20 others she came into contact with in the city.
With the development, the total
number of Nigerians under monitoring for the dreaded virus is now 198.
Revealing these facts yesterday
after the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja, Information Minister,
Labaran Maku, explained that Nigeria currently has 10 confirmed cases of Ebola,
all stemming from the visit of the late Sawyer.
Maku explained that of the 198
persons under surveillance, 177 of them are in Lagos while 21 are in Enugu.
He said: “All those who had primary
contact have been quarantined. Secondary contacts have also been traced. So
far, the number of people that have been traced is 198.
“Of this number, 177 are in Lagos
and are being traced. Some are in quarantine, some are being monitored by
health specialists.”
Meanwhile, the death toll world wide
from the outbreak stands at 1,069 and total number of infections 1,975,
according to the World Health Organisation.
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