EARLIER on this week, the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, released a statement about Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in Nigeria.The Minister said that, as of Wednesday, the total number of confirmed cases of EVD in Nigeria was 19 (15 in Lagos, four in Port Harcourt) and that the total number of deaths was seven (five in Lagos, two in Port Harcourt).
He added that the total number of patients who have been successfully treated and discharged is now 10, that the total number of EVD survivors so far is 12 and that there is no single current case of confirmed EVD in Nigeria.There is one suspected case in Ile-Ife,
a university student who had contact with the first Port Harcourt victim of EVD (a doctor) at a naming ceremony. And he has been quarantined and is being investigated.Meanwhile, Lagos now has 16 people under surveillance, while 350 people who were previously under surveillance have been discharged, having been carefully observed in isolation units for 21 days.Bravo to the Federal Government and to the Lagos and Rivers State Governments for handling this EVD issue so competently and averting a crisis.Like most Nigerians, I frequently criticise our leaders because, frankly, they are disappointing most of the time and are always failing to fulfil their potential and failing to provide us with the level of care and progress we yearn for medical expertise. But they really deserve praise and gratitude on this occasion. Let me also seize this opportunity to thank the Nigerian and foreign professionals (World Health Organisation staff, for example) who are delivering valuable advice, medical expertise, moral support and practical assistance.
He added that the total number of patients who have been successfully treated and discharged is now 10, that the total number of EVD survivors so far is 12 and that there is no single current case of confirmed EVD in Nigeria.There is one suspected case in Ile-Ife,
a university student who had contact with the first Port Harcourt victim of EVD (a doctor) at a naming ceremony. And he has been quarantined and is being investigated.Meanwhile, Lagos now has 16 people under surveillance, while 350 people who were previously under surveillance have been discharged, having been carefully observed in isolation units for 21 days.Bravo to the Federal Government and to the Lagos and Rivers State Governments for handling this EVD issue so competently and averting a crisis.Like most Nigerians, I frequently criticise our leaders because, frankly, they are disappointing most of the time and are always failing to fulfil their potential and failing to provide us with the level of care and progress we yearn for medical expertise. But they really deserve praise and gratitude on this occasion. Let me also seize this opportunity to thank the Nigerian and foreign professionals (World Health Organisation staff, for example) who are delivering valuable advice, medical expertise, moral support and practical assistance.
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