From findings so far, the disease has high mortality rate, killing about 90 per cent of those infected with the virus.
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A Virologist, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, said on Monday that Nigeria would continue to be at risk of the Ebola Virus Disease as long as the virus lingered in neighbouring countries.
Former Anambra State Governor, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has commended the Federal Government for making it a duty to honour Nigerians who distinguished themselves in their various endeavours by giving them national awards.
Ikuforiji made the call when the House Deputy Leader, Hon. Lola Akande, raised the issue under matter of urgent public importance as the House resumed plenary
The UN Security Council has passed a resolution declaring Ebola a threat to international peace and security.
Nigeria that unfortunately became afflicted with the EVD courtesy of the late Liberian official Mr. Sawyer, battled tooth and nail to control and contain the EVD from spreading among the very large populations.
One of the survivors of the Ebola Virus Disease, Dr. Morris Ibeabuchi, on Thursday said he got the virus because the index case, Patrick Sawyer, lied about his illness in the hospital where he was treated on arrival in Lagos, the First Consultant Hospital.
Senate President, Senator David Mark Tuesday said that Boko Haram has declared total war on Nigeria, charging the Fedral Government to confront and defeat the terrorists.
Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu Wednesday announced that another patient infected with the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has been discharged.
Thirty-five of the foreigners are said to be from Congo, which produced the first ever Ebola victim in 1976
He said pharmaceutical companies should be encouraged to conduct research on the virus with a view to finding the needed vaccine to eliminate it
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.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, who made the disclosure on Thursday morning, said the widow of the doctor informed the authorities of the death of her husband
We hope that by our action of preventing this gentleman from being extracted from our hospital and traveling to Calabar we have been able to prevent the spread of EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE in Nigeria
With this development, Nigeria now has four persons in isolation who have come down with the disease
The synergy that existed between the Federal Government and the Lagos State Government since the first recorded case of the…
Idris, at the conference, eulogised the late senior doctor of First Consultant Hospital, Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh, who prevented the index case, the late Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer, from leaving the hospital after he was diagnosed of the EVD
With the death of Adadevoh, the number of persons who have died as a result of the Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria has risen to five
This brings to five the total number of patients diagnosed with the Ebola Virus Disease who have now been discharged from hospital
Some forces must have watched or instructed Sawyer to leave the quarantine facility, in fact escorted him to the airport straight to our very porous airports