Another Liberian certified with Ebola virus in Lagos

Few weeks after a Liberian, Patrick Sawyer, brought the Ebola virus disease (EVD) to Nigeria, another Liberian with the deadly virus has been detected in Lagos. This was disclosed yesterday morning by a Senior Registrar with Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, Dr Akindele Akintayo while speaking on a television programme in Lagos. He said the Liberian has been kept at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in Lagos. Dr Akintayo said, however that the hospital authorities were yet to confirm if the victim had a contact with the late Mr Sawyer or not. Recall that the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu on Tuesday announced the death of Dr Ameyo Adadevoh, one of the doctors that treated the late Sawyer at First Consultant Hospital, Lagos. But, the Lagos State Government has denied that another Liberian with the Ebola virus had been discovered in Lagos. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, while addressing newsmen at Alausa, Ikeja, yesterday, debunked the story, saying no such development occurred. He also confirmed that five fresh suspected cases had come up, saying: Till date, we have recorded 8 suspected cases, 5 of which came in yesterday, 12 confirmed on the whole, five have died. We are currently following up 213 contacts and 63 have completed the 2-day follow-up. The commissioner regretted the death of Dr Stella Adadevoh, the Senior Consultant/endocrinol­ogist at First Consultant Hospital, who led the team that attended to and treated Nigeria’s first index case, Liberian Patrick Sawyer.

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