EBOLA: TWO MORE PEOPLE INFECTED IN LAGOS

 The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
Chukwu said the two cases were spouses of persons who had contact with Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer, the first EVD patient to die in Nigeria.
Chukwu did not disclose the sexes of the new victims, who are secondary contacts of the index case.
He simply said in the statement: “Nigeria has now recorded the first two cases of Ebola Virus Disease in secondary contacts of the index case, the Liberian-American.
“The two patients are spouses of primary contacts of the Liberian-American. They are among the secondary contacts who have been under surveillance.”
With this development, Nigeria now has four persons in isolation who have come down with the disease.
Chukwu added in the statement: “This also means that the total number of cases of Ebola Virus Disease so far reported in the country is 14.
“The number of deaths still remains five, while the number of those successfully managed and discharged also stands at five.”
Chukwu said the Federal Government was working with the Lagos State Government and other partners in maintaining vigilance and strengthening containment activities.
He assured Nigerians and the global community that Nigeria will not “relent efforts until the very last case of the Ebola Virus Disease is seen in Nigeria”.