Update: No Single Case of Ebola in Nigeria - Health Minister

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Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu Wednesday released an update on the status of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Nigeria.

Chukwu said "as of today, the total number of confirmed cases of EVD in Nigeria stands at nineteen (19),
fifteen (15) in Lagos, four (4) in Port Harcourt.

"The total number of deaths from EVD in Nigeria stands at seven (7). Five (5) of this died in Lagos, one (1) in a private hospital, the index case Mr. Sawyer, and the other four (4) in the isolation ward in Lagos State."

The minister explained that "two of the seven (7) died in Port Harcourt, the medical doctor who died in a private hospital and the contact, a patient in the hospital at the time the doctor was also on admission, who died in the isolation ward in Rivers State."

He further stated "the total number of patients who have been successfully managed and discharged is now ten (10). The latest are the sister of the Port Harcourt doctor who was discharged from the isolation ward in Rivers State on 7th September 2014, and the wife of the same doctor who was discharged from the isolation ward in Lagos State yesterday, 9th September 2014. (Please note that the ten (10) patients successfully managed and discharged are among the total number of twelve (12) survivors of EVD in Nigeria).

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Source: #ThisDay

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