With the survival of seven out of the 13 confirmed cases of the Ebola
Virus Disease (EVD) in the country, including the index case, Mr. Patrick
Sawyer, Nigeria has contained the virus with 61.5 per cent survival rate.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, at a press
conference in Abuja Tuesday disclosed that the country had contained the EVD
with two more patients discharged and the last one stable. According to
Chukwu, Nigeria has only one confirmed case of EVD, a secondary contact
of Mr. Patrick Sawyer’s and spouse of one of the physicians who participated in
the management of the index case. But he said that she was stable and on
treatment at the isolation ward in Lagos. Taking further precautions against
the spread of the disease, the Federal Government yesterday announced a new
resumption date for public and private primary and secondary schools across the
country. The Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, who made the
announcement, declared that all the schools must remain closed until
October 13, 2014. The minister directed that all summer classes being
conducted by some private schools across the country should be suspended with
immediate effect until October 13.
Guardian Newspaper
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