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According to the Nigeria Minister of health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, Ebola Virus had been overcome in Nigeria and has release the final list of the contacts surveillance.
The minister made this known on a telephone interview earlier this week before finally shed more light on it: “Presently, there is no single case of Ebola virus disease in Nigeria – none.” Said Onyebuchi.
“No cases are under treatment, no suspected cases. There are no contacts in Lagos that are still under surveillance, having completed a minimum of 21 days of observation.” He continued.
The system of identifying the virus disease that kills within 21 days of contact invilved anyone showing no symptom after 21 days of last detected victim is considered free.
“None of them are showing any symptoms. Tonight [Mon 22 Sept] will mark the end of their 21 days of observation and the plan is to get them discharged from surveillance tomorrow [Tues 23 Sept].”
“Nigeria will be as clean as any other country as far as Ebola virus disease is concerned.”
This means Nigeria will be totally free of Ebola Virus when the quarantined victims are treated and their health restored.
Ebola was transmitted to Nigeria by the neutralized American and Liberian Ministry of Finance official, Patrick Sawyer, on his business trip for a meeting in Lagos on July 23. And within that period till now, Nigeria has recorded 21 Ebola cases and 8 death.
Source: forbes
