Update on Ebola Case In Lagos

 

Dr Yewande Adesina has given update status about the suspected case of a 40-year-old Monrovia resident with Ebola like Symptoms. She said the man has been isolated at a private hospital in Obalende while blood samples were sent to the Virology Reference Laboratory in Lagos as well as to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Dakar,” she said. Extra precaution was taken at the hospital because the patient was suffering from “symptoms associated with Ebola,” she added

“Results are still pending. Presently the patient’s condition is stable and he is in recovery,” Adesina told journalists. “The diarrhoea and vomiting have stopped. He is still under isolation.”A third laboratory outside Nigeria must also test the samples before a final determination on Ebola can be reached, Adesina said.The patient travelled from Monrovia to Lagos via Togo’s capital Lome

The patient was “detained for possible Ebola infection while blood samples were sent to the Virology Reference Laboratory in Lagos as well as to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Dakar,” she said.

Extra precaution was taken at the hospital because the patient was suffering from “symptoms associated with Ebola,” she added.

“Results are still pending. Presently the patient’s condition is stable and he is in recovery,” Adesina told journalists. “The diarrhoea and vomiting have stopped. He is still under isolation.”

Dr Adeshina warned residents to;

“keep personal and environmental hygiene” and urged those who notice “strange feeling or symptoms similar to those of Ebola virus, which ranges from fever, headache, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, sore throat and joint pains, which are all symptoms of other ailments, to visit competent health facilities”.

In the absence of such facilities, she said residents should call the following numbers - 08023169485, 08033086660, 08033065303, 08055281442, 08055329229.