Ebola: death toll now 7, as Rivers female patient dies

….one patient discharged, two still in isolation
The number of death from the Ebola Virus Disease
(EVD) in the country has increased to seven.
The latest to die of the virus is the female patient who
was on admission in the same hospital with the Port
Harcourt Doctor, Iyke Enemuo.
Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu
disclosed the death of the female patient in his latest
update on the virus in the country .
"Total number of deaths from Ebola Virus Disease in
Nigeria is now seven (7). One (1), the index case,
occurred in a private hospital in Lagos, four (4) in
the Lagos isolation ward, one (1) in the Port
Harcourt isolation ward (the female patient who was
on admission in the same hospital where the late
Port Harcourt doctor was also admitted), while
another one (1) was the doctor who was infected by
the ECOWAS Commission official in Port Harcourt
and who did not come under the care and
management of the Incident Management
Committee."
He also noted that another patient was however
discharged following full recovery from the ailment.
The latest discharge brings to eight the number of
patients discharged so far.
The last case to be discharged, the minister stated in
a press statement issued by his media aide, Mr Dan
Nwomeh "is the first secondary contact to be
diagnosed and a spouse of a primary contact of the
index case."
He stated she went home from the isolation ward in
Lagos Tuesday. (The 9th survivor is the ECOWAS
Commission official who jumped surveillance in
Lagos and travelled to Port Harcourt where he
infected the doctor who attended to him)."
Also, confirmed cases in the country is now eighteen
according to the minister's update.
The eighteenth confirmed case he stated is the sister
of the late Port Harcourt doctor.
Total number of cases successfully managed and
discharged is now eight. While total number of EVD
patients currently under treatment is two (2), one in
the Lagos isolation ward and another one (1) in the
Port Harcourt isolation ward.
Total number of contacts currently under surveillance
in Lagos is forty one (41), while Port Harcourt has
two hundred and fifty five (255) and the Total
number of contacts discharged in Lagos after they
were observed for 21 days is 320.
The minister also debunked rumours of EVD cases
outside Lagos and Port Harcourt. These include the
three (3) reported cases in the Federal Capital
Territory and one case in Calabar.
The minister further debunked the story that the body
of the late Port Harcourt doctor was transported to
Edo or Delta State, saying the body has been
decontaminated and will be interred in Port
Harcourt.
On the the rumoured case in Zaria, the minister
stated that the blood sample has been sent for Ebola
testing.

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