LAGOS HOSPITAL WHERE EBOLA VICTIM DIED SHUT DOWN AND 55 OTHERS WHO HAD CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM ARE CLOSELY BEEN MONITORED

The Lagos State government has shut down and
quarantined First Consultants Hospital in
Obalende where a Liberian, Mr Patrick Sawyer
with Ebola virus died last week in Lagos.

We have shut the hospital to enable us to
properly quarantine the environment. Some of the
hospital staff who were in close contact with the
victim have been isolated. The hospital will be
shut for a week and all staff monitored to ensure
the virus has not spread,� the Lagos State
Health Commissioner Jide Idris said.
Mr Idris also said the Nigerian Ambassador to
Liberia, Chigozie Obi Nnadozie, three staff of the
Economic Community of West African States,
ECOWAS, and 55 others who had contact with the
victim are closely been monitored.