Health Minister says Ebola cases not yet over in Nigeria

The Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has indicated that it was possiblefor the country to record fresh cases of Ebola as some of
those who had contacts with Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American who brought the disease into Nigeria, are still under investigation.

The Minister, who spoke through his Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Dan Nwomeh, commended the medical personnel who
have been handling the situation in the country, assuring that the government will guarantee that the virus does not get out of control.
Hear him: “A good number of secondary contactsare yet to complete the 21-day incubation period, the possibility of two or three more cases could not be entirely ruled out,”

“The health workers, who have been managingpatients of the EVD deserve commendation for their courage, compassion and sacrifice,” he said. Chukwu, who assured that the government will immortalise the late Dr. Stella Adadevoh showered praises on her, saying; “Dr. Adadevoh took the brunt of physically blocking the patient from running away from the First Consultants Hospital … I am confident that she will be honoured by Nigeria.”

Adadevoh got infected with the disease while attending to Sawyer at the First Consultant hospital in Obalende, Lagos.
Nigeria has recorded the least case of Ebola virus among three other West African countries affected by the disease. While 189 people have been quarantined and 12 confirmed to have the disease, five persons including Sawyer have died of Ebolaand 61 people out of the 189 have been discharged after testing negative to EVD at the end of the 21- day incubation period.