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Nigeria has cleared all patients being monitored for the Ebola virus, the federal health ministry said on Wednesday, but doctors said they would have to wait to declare the outbreak over.
“There is nobody under surveillance for the Ebola virus in any part of Nigeria,” health ministry spokesman Dan Nwomeh told AFP. All those under surveillance have completed their mandatory 21-day period stipulated by the WHO (World Health Organization).”
Eight people have died out of 20 confirmed cases in Nigeria since July, according to WHO, although the Nigerian government gave a lower figure of seven deaths in 19 cases. In all 529 people were placed under medical surveillance for signs of the disease in the commercial capital Lagos and the oil-producing Rivers State. Four of those who died were healthcare workers who treated Liberian government official, Patrick Sawyer, who brought the virus into the country from Monrovia.
“There is nobody under surveillance for the Ebola virus in any part of Nigeria,” health ministry spokesman Dan Nwomeh told AFP. All those under surveillance have completed their mandatory 21-day period stipulated by the WHO (World Health Organization).”
Eight people have died out of 20 confirmed cases in Nigeria since July, according to WHO, although the Nigerian government gave a lower figure of seven deaths in 19 cases. In all 529 people were placed under medical surveillance for signs of the disease in the commercial capital Lagos and the oil-producing Rivers State. Four of those who died were healthcare workers who treated Liberian government official, Patrick Sawyer, who brought the virus into the country from Monrovia.
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