Nigeria

No New Ebola Case In Lagos: Health Minister Debunks Report

Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at 9:04 PM by Nkem Ikeke 1 min read

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has dismissed reports that there are five fresh cases of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Lagos.

This was disclosed today, August 20, through his Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Dan Nwomeh who advised Nigerians to disregard any news of fresh cases of the deadly disease.

Nwomeh in a series of tweets advised that any doubtful information on the outbreak of EVD should be verified from the office of the Minister of Health, adding that the Minister of Health has the sole authority to announce confirmed cases of the disease in Nigeria.

He added that there was no evidence that discharged patients can transmit the disease.

See his tweets below:

Reports surfaced some hours ago that there are new cases of the deadly Ebola virus as five people showing symptoms were brought to the Yaba Mainland Hospital in Lagos and a Liberian was among them.

According to the World Health Organization data on Ebola, the virus has killed 1,229 people since its outbreak in West Africa, while there are now 2,240 confirmed cases.

Source: Legit.ng

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Nkem Ikeke (Copy editor) Nkem Ikeke is currently a copy editor who also writes for the politics and current affairs desk on weekends. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication degree from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (2010), and has over 10 years of work experience in the media industry (Reporter, News Agency of Nigeria). Email: n.ikeke@corp.legit.ng

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