Pandemonium broke out in Asaba, Delta state capital on Thursday, following the news of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba.
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Niger State Government on Thursday said it has approved the sum of four hundred million naira to contain any outbreak of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease and for the establishment of isolation and quarantine centres across the state.
Nigerian authorities are monitoring nearly 400 people for signs of Ebola after they came in contact with a Port Harcourt doctor who died of the disease but hid the fact that he had been exposed, a senior Nigerian health official said on Thursday.
Following outcry from parents and stakeholders, the Federal Government Wednesday said it would allow schools to resume by the middle of September.
Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu Wednesday announced that another patient infected with the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has been discharged.
As part of efforts aimed at repositioning the Nigeria Police Force as a leading national, professional and efficient Law enforcement organization, the Inspector-General of Police, Acting IGP Suleiman Abba Wednesday decorated two newly promoted Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, thirty Commissioners of Police and seven Acting Commissioners of Police.
The Rivers State Government has urged anyone who has had contacts with the first victim of the Ebola Virus Disease in Rivers State, Dr. Iyke Sam-Enemuo, to own up and submit himself or herself for test.
Currently, the state Ministry of Health has set up a rapid response team in case of any outbreak in the state