Ebola: 21 persons isolated in Enugu

This is official. Lagos is not the only state in Nigeria that has been hit by the deadly Ebola Virus Disease; Enugu has become the next in line.

Twenty one persons out of the 198 so far quarantined because of the virus are in Enugu, says the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku.

Maku told State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja on Wednesday that Enugu came into the picture because one of the nurses that treated the American-Liberian, Patrick Sawyer, shunned medical advice and travelled to the city.

Sawyer, the index case of EVD in Nigeria, died on July 25 in an Obalende, Lagos hospital five days after he arrived in the country.

The matron of the hospital died last week while an Economic Commission of West African States Protocol Officer, Jatto Abdulqudir, who picked up Sawyer from the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos passed on on Tuesday.

He said all those the nurse came into contact with, including her husband, were currently under quarantine.

The minister said, “All those who had primary contacts have been quarantined. Secondary contacts have also been traced.

“So far, the number of people that have been traced is 198. Out of this number, 177 are in Lagos. Some are in quarantine, some are being monitored by health specialists.

“21 persons in Enugu are also being watched. This is because one of the nurses that was involved with the treatment of the index case, unfortunately, disobeyed medical instructions and somehow travelled to Enugu.

“All those who she was in contact with, including her husband, are under quarantine. The medical team have been able to trace all those who came into contact with her.

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12 Responses to “Ebola: 21 persons isolated in Enugu”

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  6. Unknown's avatar

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  9. Unknown's avatar

    What are they saying that a nurse left with out the supervisor of the Gorverment how can? Any body that plan eveil with this Ebola GOD has already dissapiont all them alway we’ll with Nigerian’s

  10. Unknown's avatar

    The Nigeria government are becoming more useless everyday. How can they allow such a person to move out of the isolated place to the extent of traveling to Enugu?

  11. Unknown's avatar

    Why do they oftern neglect medical advice: case of not wanting to die alone? God help us

  12. Unknown's avatar
    keep it up big bross ur so great Reply August 14, 2014 at 05:36

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