Poster: Signs and Symptoms of Ebola
It would be recalled that yesterday it was unofficially reported that the doctor whose name is yet to be provided died August 22 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, from the deadly tropical virus.
Without providing the details, the top Nigerian health official confirmed August 28 the information, AFP provides:
“Following the report of this death by the doctor’s widow the next day, the case had been thoroughly investigated and laboratory analysis showed that this doctor died from EVD (Ebola Virus Disease)”
According to Sahara Reporters, the deceased secretly treated a diplomat who had contacted the first Ebola victim in Nigeria, Patrick Sawyer (the index case).
The man’s wife has been reportedly isolated in Port Harcourt, following the incident.
While the doctor lost the fight with the tropical disease, his patient, the diplomat is said to be still alive. The diplomat allegedly met Patrick Sawyer in Lagos and then traveled to Port Harcourt for treatment, evading Nigerian federal government surveillance. Upon arrival the doctor took him to hotel for treatment.
Report provides that the incident prompted immediate actions: 70
people have been quarantined; the doctor’s hospital, Good Heart Hospital
in Rivers State, and the hotel shut down.
Interestingly, yesterday Rivers State Commissioner of Health, Dr Sampson Parker, debunked the rumours about recording the first case of Ebola in the state and characterized the allegation as untrue, according to Vanguard.
The unfortunate development means that the doctor’s death might cause another wave of infection with the virus, which had been previously registered only in Lagos. Two days ago the Nigerian health authorities expressed joy over the successful management of the disease as only 1 patient with Ebola was believed to have remained in the country.
The deadly virus currently ravaging West Africa has already claimed nearly 1,500 of lives in the region. Nigeria’s first Ebola patient came from Liberia on July 20. Since then all the country resources were mobilized to reduce the possibility of epidemic. A total of 29 people were isolated and put under surveillance. Twelve people who contacted Sawyer tested positive for the virus, 4 of them died, while 7 have successfully recovered and were sent home.
The Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu August 26 confirmed that only one patient with Ebola remained in Nigeria and expressed optimist that the country was close to defeating the disease.
Interestingly, yesterday Rivers State Commissioner of Health, Dr Sampson Parker, debunked the rumours about recording the first case of Ebola in the state and characterized the allegation as untrue, according to Vanguard.
The unfortunate development means that the doctor’s death might cause another wave of infection with the virus, which had been previously registered only in Lagos. Two days ago the Nigerian health authorities expressed joy over the successful management of the disease as only 1 patient with Ebola was believed to have remained in the country.
The deadly virus currently ravaging West Africa has already claimed nearly 1,500 of lives in the region. Nigeria’s first Ebola patient came from Liberia on July 20. Since then all the country resources were mobilized to reduce the possibility of epidemic. A total of 29 people were isolated and put under surveillance. Twelve people who contacted Sawyer tested positive for the virus, 4 of them died, while 7 have successfully recovered and were sent home.
The Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu August 26 confirmed that only one patient with Ebola remained in Nigeria and expressed optimist that the country was close to defeating the disease.
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