NURSE WHO SKIPPED EBOLA QUARANTINE TO ENUGU IS BACK TO LAGOS IN A SPECIAL AMBULANCE
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.
Chukwu also confirmed that a Nigerian in the Diaspora was sending an
experimental drug for Ebola treatment, and the drug, whose name is
‘Nanosilver’, would arrive in Nigeria today.
The nurse, who had
contact with Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer, caused a stir on
Wednesday when it was discovered that she had travelled to Enugu and had
contact with at least 21 people during her unauthorized trip to the
Southeastern city.
However, Chukwu says the nurse has so far not developed the symptoms as of the time of her trip.
“In Enugu yesterday, there were 21 secondary contacts with the nurse.
But after investigations, there are only 6 secondary contacts now”, he
said in Abuja on Thursday.
“The nurse who is newly wedded had
no symptoms of the disease when she travelled to Enugu, was transported
back to Lagos in a special ambulance with her husband. Her husband is
under quarantine now”.
Chukwu also confirmed that a Nigerian in
the Diaspora was sending an experimental drug for Ebola treatment, and
the drug, whose name is ‘Nanosilver’, would arrive in Nigeria today.
“The experimental drug is a donation from a Nigerian scientist in
Diaspora who was concerned about threat of Ebola in his home country.
The drug will reach Nigeria today”, he said.
On updates on Ebola cases in Nigeria, he said some of the 169 secondary
contacts of Sawyer were no longer under surveillance and had been
released, having completed the 21 days of incubation period.
8/15/2014
NURSE WHO SKIPPED EBOLA QUARANTINE TO ENUGU IS BACK TO LAGOS IN A SPECIAL AMBULANCE
COPYRIGHT. FIRSTCLASS NEWSLINE: All rights reserved.Every publication,material and other content on this site should not in anyway be reproduced,published,rewritten or copied wthout adding this site address link,name or giving credit to the site.Failure to do this will attract severe battle in the court of law or reporting of any site found guilty over intellectual property theft.
Like the Post? Kindly share with your Friends.
Related News
Subscribe by Email and Get Free Updates on my Blog
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment
To get the world and your friends informed.. Feel free to share every news you read on this site on any web or on any social network by clicking on the SHARE BUTTON ABOVE or share it by any other means but ensure to always share with the site link(web address) for reference and to avoid being SUED for intellectual theft.......post a comment after reading as well..,...we are here to serve you the best
use anonymous to post a comment if necessary