Minister of health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has announced that there is “no single current” case of Ebola in Nigeria.
But he said a suspected case in Ife, Osun state, was being investigated, while many other people were still under quarantine.
Chukwu also confirmed that wife of the late Port Harcourt doctor who treated a primary contact of the index case, Patrick Sawyer, has been the discharged from the isolation ward in Lagos.
The minister said was discharged on Tuesday, adding that there was no new confirmed case of Ebola in the country.
“As of today, the total number of confirmed cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Nigeria stands at 19, 15 in Lagos, four in Port Harcourt,” he said.
“The total number of deaths from EVD in Nigeria stands at seven. Five of this died in Lagos, one in a private hospital, the index case Mr Sawyer, and the other four 4 in the isolation ward in Lagos State.
“Two of the seven died in Port Harcourt, the medical doctor who died in a private hospital and the contact, a patient in the hospital at the time the doctor was also on admission, who died in the isolation ward in Rivers state.
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