S aharaReporters has learned today from the
Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health that the sister
of the doctor who was felled by Ebola virus in
Port Harcourt and skipped quarantine has Ebola.
The woman becomes the 18th confirmed case of
the virus in Nigeria.

The statement also disclosed that eight cases
have been managed and discharged. The newest
case, the wife of the late Port Harcourt doctor,
went home from treatment in Yaba yesterday.
296 persons are still under surveillance in Nigeria.
Read the full release below.

8th patient of Ebola discharged, confirmed cases
now 18
Status of Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria
Wednesday, 3rd September, 2014
Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has
given an update of the status of Ebola Virus
Disease in Nigeria.
1. Total number of confirmed cases of Ebola
Virus Disease in Nigeria is now eighteen (18).
The 18th confirmed case is the sister of the late
Port Harcourt doctor.
2. Total number of cases successfully managed
and discharged is now eight (. The last case to
be discharged, the first secondary contact to be
diagnosed and a spouse of a primary contact of
the index case, went home from the isolation
ward in Lagos yesterday. (The 9th survivor is the
ECOWAS Commission official who jumped
surveillance in Lagos and travelled to Port
Harcourt where he infected the doctor who
attended to him).
3. Total number of deaths from Ebola Virus
Disease in Nigeria is now seven (7). One (1), the
index case, occurred in a private hospital in
Lagos, four (4) in the Lagos isolation ward, one
(1) in the Port Harcourt isolation ward (the
female patient who was on admission in the
same hospital where the late Port Harcourt
doctor was also admitted), while another one (1)
was the doctor who was infected by the ECOWAS
Commission official in Port Harcourt and who did
not come under the care and management of the
Incident Management Committee.
4. Total number of EVD patients currently under
treatment is two (2), one in the Lagos isolation
ward and another one (1) in the Port Harcourt
isolation ward.
5. Total number of contacts currently under
surveillance in Lagos is forty one (41), while Port
Harcourt has two hundred and fifty five (255).
6. Total number of contacts discharged in Lagos
after they were observed for 21 days is 320.
The minister also debunked rumours of EVD
cases outside Lagos and Port Harcourt. These
include the three (3) reported cases in the
Federal Capital Territory and one case in Calabar.
The minister further debunked the story that the
body of the late Port Harcourt doctor was
transported to Edo or Delta State, saying the
body has been decontaminated and will be
interred in Port Harcourt. Regarding the rumoured
case in Zaria, the blood sample has been sent for
Ebola testing.
Source
saharareporters.com/2014/09/03/sister-late-port-harcourt-doctor-who-skipped-quarantine-abia-has-ebola

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