FG dispels fears over fresh Ebola outbreak

In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital) … .
The Federal Government Friday, laid to rest fears over fresh presence of Ebola disease in the country.

There had been an Ebola scare in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, when a patient died at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital of symptoms suspected to be related to the deadly EVD.

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Mr. Linus Awute, at a press briefing on Friday in Abuja, said the EVD scare at UCTH resulted from the death of a patient, who was said to have manifested the symptoms of the killer disease.

He said: “It has been investigated clinically, also using laboratory tests. The young man was down with symptoms that are similar with that of Ebola. His temperature was 37 degrees. But he had not traveled outside Calabar. His family has a case of chicken pox.

“Our experiences in Ebola containment were used. The blood samples that were collected before his death were taken to Irrua Specialist Hospital in Edo State and necessary tests were conducted to ascertain if he had Lasser Fever or Ebola. As we speak, it has nothing to do with Lasser Fever and Ebola as results confirmed that it was negative. But the results of what actually killed him would be ready on Monday”, he said.

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