Friday, August 29, 2014 by
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Port Harcourt (Nigeria) - Some 160 people were placed under surveillance in Port Harcourt, the city in southern Nigeria where a doctor died of the Ebola virus, but no new cases have been discovered so far, said Friday the Minister of Local Health.
Port Harcourt is the hub of oil production in Nigeria. Several foreign majors are installed, such as Anglo-Dutch Shell, the French Total and American Chevron.
Until now, none (of those involved) showed any symptoms of any kind, said Sampson Parker, Minister of Health of Rivers State, including Port Harcourt is the capital.
The widow of the deceased physician, doctor herself, was sent to Lagos to his request and placed in solitary confinement pending the outcome of the tests, he has said.
The baby of the couple, three months old, is healthy, has he added.
160 people followed were in contact with the doctor died, his wife, or the man who infected the doctor, a diplomat of ECOWAS (the West African regional organization), himself healthy after yet developed symptoms of Ebola.
The announcement Thursday of the death of the doctor, which occurred on August 22, has revived fears of the spread of Ebola in Nigeria, as the epidemic seemed subdued.
The most populous nation in Africa, with 170 million people country, regrets that six deaths and 15 confirmed cases of Ebola for a month, without a common assessment measure with the three countries in West Africa where epidemic flames, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
According to Mr. Parker, American experts, British and WHO and the Nigerian federal government arrived in Rivers state to help take the necessary measures to prevent any further spread of the deadly virus.
The hospital where the doctor was treated died, the morgue and his home were decontaminated, he has said.
Health authorities have a special treatment center with an isolation room at the University Hospital in Port Harcourt and a quarantine center 25 kilometers from the city, but none has yet received a patient has the minister said.
Nigeria / Ebola: 160 people under surveillance after the death of a doctor
DR. Port Harcourt (Nigeria) - Some 160 people were placed under surveillance in Port Harcourt, the city in southern Nigeria where a doctor died of the Ebola virus, but no new cases have been discovered so far, said Friday the Minister of Local Health.
Port Harcourt is the hub of oil production in Nigeria. Several foreign majors are installed, such as Anglo-Dutch Shell, the French Total and American Chevron.
Until now, none (of those involved) showed any symptoms of any kind, said Sampson Parker, Minister of Health of Rivers State, including Port Harcourt is the capital.
The widow of the deceased physician, doctor herself, was sent to Lagos to his request and placed in solitary confinement pending the outcome of the tests, he has said.
The baby of the couple, three months old, is healthy, has he added.
160 people followed were in contact with the doctor died, his wife, or the man who infected the doctor, a diplomat of ECOWAS (the West African regional organization), himself healthy after yet developed symptoms of Ebola.
The announcement Thursday of the death of the doctor, which occurred on August 22, has revived fears of the spread of Ebola in Nigeria, as the epidemic seemed subdued.
The most populous nation in Africa, with 170 million people country, regrets that six deaths and 15 confirmed cases of Ebola for a month, without a common assessment measure with the three countries in West Africa where epidemic flames, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
According to Mr. Parker, American experts, British and WHO and the Nigerian federal government arrived in Rivers state to help take the necessary measures to prevent any further spread of the deadly virus.
The hospital where the doctor was treated died, the morgue and his home were decontaminated, he has said.
Health authorities have a special treatment center with an isolation room at the University Hospital in Port Harcourt and a quarantine center 25 kilometers from the city, but none has yet received a patient has the minister said.