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Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by demand1982: 9:21pm On Jul 28, 2014 |
The Lagos State Government said on Monday that it had identified no fewer than 59 people who had contacts with the Liberian who died of Ebola Virus in the state, Mr Patrick Sawyer. Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, said at a news conference in Ikeja that the contact tracing became imperative to ascertain any possible transmission of the virus by the victim. Idris said the identified contacts comprised 44 hospital and 15 airport contacts, including the Nigerian Ambassador to Liberia. He said 20 of the contacts had been screened and that none of them had so far been found to be infected with the virus. He, however, said the contacts did not include those he might have been with on his flight to Nigeria on July 20, as the airline had yet to release the passenger manifest for investigation. He said, “The airline manifest has not been provided by the airline as at the time of this report and therefore, the precise number of passenger contacts is yet to be ascertained, especially as two flights were involved (Monrovia-Lome and Lome-Lagos).” He urged Nigerians not to entertain fears about Sawyer’s case as the state and Federal Governments were doing everything possible to prevent any outbreak in the country. Idris said the deceased’s body had been decontaminated, using 10 per cent sodium hypochlorite and cremated with the permission of the Government of Liberia. He said, “A cremation urn has been prepared for dispatch to the family. The vehicle containing the remains have also been decontaminated while the hospital in which he died on July 25 has been demobilised .” Idris said the state Ministry of Health had designated an isolation ward at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, for case management, adding three other centres were under way. The commissioner urged residents to report people with abnormal cases of bleeding and fever to the appropriate authorities for intervention, as high fever with bleeding from all body openings were symptoms of the disease. Idris also urged residents to always keep their environments clean and maintain good personal hygiene as Ebola virus spreads easily in dirty environments. Also speaking, the Director, National Centre for Disease Control, Prof. Abdul-Salami Nasidi, warned against the consumption of bats and monkeys as these animals had been established to be the original sources of Ebola. He said, “This is time for those bat-eating and monkey-eating communities to be careful now. Ebola started from the eating of chimpanzees. How the virus got to the monkey, nobody knows yet. “But this is the time to be careful about the eating of monkeys and bats. The Ebola threat is high in West Africa and people should start taking precautions.” President of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, also warned Nigerians against the unsupervised burial of people who died from suspected Ebola case. He said 40 per cent of cases in high risk countries were transmitted from victims bodies, stressing that an Ebola corpse was deadlier than the patient. Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Health, Mrs Yewande Adeshina, urged traditional healers to collaborate with the government in checking Ebola threats by reporting suspicious cases for the right intervention. www.punchng.com/news/ebola-envoy-58-persons-had-contacts-with-dead-liberian/ |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by corisande: 9:48pm On Jul 28, 2014 |
ok |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by Chasicolis(f): 9:52pm On Jul 28, 2014 |
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Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by Caseless: 9:53pm On Jul 28, 2014 |
The fawking airline should make the 'manifest' available asap or face sanction. 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by suwailad(f): 9:55pm On Jul 28, 2014 |
Did they really screen the ambassador? because we know how proud and haughty these officials can be. and stop keeping space Chasicolis: . 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by demand1982: 10:04pm On Jul 28, 2014 |
caseless: The fawking airline should make the 'manifest' available asap or face sanction.NCAA has already suspended the airline |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by omenka(m): 10:05pm On Jul 28, 2014 |
Why do I get this queer feeling the movie "World War Z" is about to play out in naija God help us all! 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by Nobody: 10:09pm On Jul 28, 2014 |
They tried HIV, it didn't yield d desired result, now they've come wit a more deadlier virus. God help us. 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by Laygos(m): 10:14pm On Jul 28, 2014 |
These are only signs of the time The end is nearer than expectected. Everyday bombing plus Ebola virus. God pls we nid ur help! 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by NwaNimo1(m): 10:16pm On Jul 28, 2014 |
Jenams: They tried HIV, it didn't yield d desired result, now they've come wit a more deadlier virus. God help us. So so true . . .. (2moro oyibo man go say its because we've been 'screwing' lizards or something - and we go believe) 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by demand1982: 11:18pm On Jul 28, 2014 |
Laygos: These are only signs of the timecorrect |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by demand1982: 11:20pm On Jul 28, 2014 |
Jenams: They tried HIV, it didn't yield d desired result, now they've come wit a more deadlier virus. God help us.I do not get you on the use of "they." who are the they? So that we can...... |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by demand1982: 11:22pm On Jul 28, 2014 |
omenka: Why do I get this queer feeling the movie "World War Z" is about to play out in naijaI agree with you my guy as there is no better time than now to turn to our creator. |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by DaVinChiSam(m): 12:07am On Jul 29, 2014 |
Serious? |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by Dclique(m): 12:11am On Jul 29, 2014 |
demand1982:Thank God o 2 Likes |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by SlimCupid(m): 1:30am On Jul 29, 2014 |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by thewarrior72: 2:15am On Jul 29, 2014 |
Jenams: They tried HIV, it didn't yield d desired result, now they've come wit a more deadlier virus. God help us. Lol who tried? Ebola virus was actually discovered/ started in yambuku village in Congo 1976 was named after ebola river in thesame village where it was discovered m.bbc.com/news/magazine-28262541 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by onitshaigbo(m): 2:33am On Jul 29, 2014 |
Jenams: They tried HIV, it didn't yield d desired result, now they've come wit a more deadlier virus. God help us. Abeg who's "they"? SMH for Africa. Ignorance is a disease. 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by jumobi1(m): 2:58am On Jul 29, 2014 |
onitshaigbo: It's not ignorance. It's a different opinion. |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by Caseless: 4:15am On Jul 29, 2014 |
demand1982: NCAA has already suspended the airlinegood move! |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by Aringarosa(m): 4:53am On Jul 29, 2014 |
jumobi1: More like a conspiracy theory. |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by ImperialYoruba: 5:00am On Jul 29, 2014 |
He said, “This is time for those bat-eating and Ibo people, una hear stop eating chimpanzee. |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by onitshaigbo(m): 5:20am On Jul 29, 2014 |
jumobi1: The source of Ebola isn't subject to opinions. You can't just make things up without any conclusive evidence and say you've a different opinion. 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by onitshaigbo(m): 5:23am On Jul 29, 2014 |
ImperialYoruba:You don't have the right to stop me from eating chimpanzee pepper soup. |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by fr3do(m): 6:12am On Jul 29, 2014 |
These people have been chopping bat and bushmeat for centuries, why didn't the virus burst out or evolve to a very deadly state through out all those years? If na so tins dey dey, west Africans all would have been dead by now. Abeg leave matter for Mathias. What are we doing about a vaccine? |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador Among 59 Persons Who Had Contact With Dead Ebola Victim by hopilo: 8:11am On Jul 29, 2014 |
59 people each in contact with another 59 = 3481 people each in contact with 59 = 205,379 people each in contact with 59 = 12,117,361 and it go on and on. God help us ooooo. |
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