REVEALED! 1 out of 15 airport contacts down with Ebola Virus Disease.
The Lagos state government has allayed fears that some of the airport official that came in contact with Patrick Sawyer, may have been manifesting symptoms of the virus.
Indication emerged, yesterday, that one of the 15 airport contacts that assisted the late Liberian, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, that died of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, may have contracted the deadly virus.
Unconfirmed reports revealed that already the contact has begun to manifest symptoms of Ebola Virus.
According
to a member of the Joint Federal and State Team on Ebola outbreak who
preferred anonymity; one of the persons who accompanied late Patrick
Sawyer is already showing signs of Ebola.
The
reliable source confirmed receipt of a short message service, SMS, text
that the person who assisted late Patrick Sawyer to move out of the
plane is presenting symptoms, identifiable with EVD. “In fact, I just
got a text that the person who helped Sawyer, the Liberian, to get out
of the air plane is down with a suspected case of Ebola. You can see we
have to be very careful. I cannot say specifically whether he or she is a
Nigerian or in Nigeria right now. He is still being monitored as we
speak,” he said.
He added that the latest victim was among those who were being quarantined for having first contact with the victim.
Meanwhile, the Lagos State Government in a swift reaction through a text message said that no one of the 59 contacts is sick for now. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Health, Dr. Yewande Adeshina who responded through a text message said: “It is not true. We are doing routine surveillance, no one is sick.”
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