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/

ok

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The fawking airline should make the 'manifest' available asap or face sanction.

Did they really screen the ambassador? because we know how proud and haughty these officials can be.

and stop keeping space

Chasicolis: .

caseless: The fawking airline should make the 'manifest' available asap or face sanction.

NCAA has already suspended the airline

Why do I get this queer feeling the movie "World War Z" is about to play out in naija

God help us all!

They tried HIV, it didn't yield d desired result, now they've come wit a more deadlier virus. God help us.

These are only signs of the time

The end is nearer than expectected.

Everyday bombing plus Ebola virus.

God pls we nid ur help!

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)

Laygos: These are only signs of the time

The end is nearer than expectected.

Everyday bombing plus Ebola virus.

God pls we nid ur help!

correct

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......

omenka: Why do I get this queer feeling the movie "World War Z" is about to play out in naija

God help us all!

I agree with you my guy as there is no better time than now to turn to our creator.

Serious?

demand1982:
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 /

Thank God o

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

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.

onitshaigbo:
Abeg who's "they"?
SMH for Africa. Ignorance is a disease.

It's not ignorance. It's a different opinion.

demand1982: NCAA has already suspended the airline

good move!

jumobi1:

It's not ignorance. It's a different opinion.

More like a conspiracy theory.

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. 

Ibo people, una hear stop eating chimpanzee.

jumobi1:

It's not ignorance. It's a different opinion.

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.

ImperialYoruba:

Ibo people, una hear stop eating chimpanzee.

You don't have the right to stop me from eating chimpanzee pepper soup.

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?

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.