He, however, said contrary to the impression that all those in Enugu, Enugu State that one of the nurses who treated Sawyer had contact with had been confirmed positive for the Ebola virus, they all still remained probable patients
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The Chairman of the state committee on the Control of Ebola Virus Disease, Prof. Sunday Opabola, said there was no confirmed case of the disease in the state as at Thursday (today).
According to Chukwu, the drug has been used experimentally for many things and would be sent to Lagos on Thursday (today) for the treatment of the already confirmed Ebola patients
The woman, in her 50s, was believed to have flown into Singapore recently and arrived at a hospital emergency department with a fever
Vaz noted that President Jonathan took the first critical step by declaring the disease a national emergency
Mandlhate said that it was therefore crucial for Kenya to tighten surveillance on Ebola virus, adding that the Kenyan Government had decided not to cancel any flights
The Chinese Government, a statement by the National Sports Commission said, has prevented the athletes from training as other countries’ athletes have been doing since arrival
Chime said the state governments had the capacity to fight and contain the virus
The World Health Organisation said only around 10 to 12 doses of the drug have been made and this raises difficult ethical questions about who should get priority access
NewLink Genetics and their subsidiary, BioProtection Systems, were recently given a government contract from the U.S. Defence Threat Reduction Agency, for $1 million to research and speed up the process to begin human clinical testing of their existing Ebola vaccine
He said that although the affected West African countries had put in place commendable measures to curtail the virus, there was the need for concerted intra-regional cooperation and action
Nigeria has been an example of how controversial a clinical trial can become
The priest was part of a Catholic order at St Joseph’s hospital in the Liberian capital, Monrovia
The discovery led to commotion in the area as the lady was told to go to the Yaba isolation centre created by the Lagos State Government for Ebola virus victims
The President had last week while declaring the EVD a national emergency in Nigeria, also announced an emergency funding to contain it to the tune of N1.9 billion
Jonathan stated this at an interfaith conference organised by the Interfaith Initiative for Peace, with the theme: “The Imperative of Interfaith Understanding and Cooperation for Responsible Politics”
Fagbemi told the News Agency of Nigeria in Akure on Monday that only the media could give them satisfactory knowledge of the virus
The Minister of Health said the nurse’s husband is now under surveillance alongside 176 others
Dr. Shobowale also said that Nigerians also needed to be educated on the fact that reporting for treatment not only increases the chances of survival of the patient but also curtails the spread of the disease
As earlier reported by The Eagle Online, the Nigerian arrived in Hong Kong on April 7 and came down with diarrhoea and fever, which are two symptoms of the Ebola Virus Disease