Nigerians have been panicked for some days now
when a Liberian man with ebola virus died in
Lagos. Well, here is the good news, the Lagos
state government says no fresh case of Ebola
virus has been discovered in the state or in any
part of the country.
According to the Special Adviser to the Lagos
state Governor on Public Health, Dr (Mrs)
Yewande Adeshina, all the 59 people who had
direct or indirect contact with late Liberian Patrick
Sawyer who died last Friday in Lagos from the
virus, have been traced, tested and found to be
hale and hearty and have not exhibited any
unusual body temperature or any other symptoms
of the dreaded virus.
In a related development, the state Commissioner
for Information, Lateef Ibirogba advised residents
to be wary of the activities of fraudsters who are
making spurious claims about their ability to
provide cure for the Ebola Virus, urging them to
always contact health providers to report unusual
feelings noticed as only medical solutions are
known to be appropriate for the disease. He
warned those making false claims of being able to
cure the disease to desist from it or would be
made to face the full wrath of the law once they
are caught.
He reminded residents of the State to make use of
the emergency phone numbers- 08023169485,
08033086660, 08033065303, 08055281442 and
08055329229 provided to contact health
authorities in case anyone with observed
symptoms of the Ebola disease is noticed.
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