EBOLA Outbreak Thread

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2. Unfamiliar (to me) sources from Lagos: 2 of Sawyer's contacts with fever, negative

The Lagos State Government on Friday said two persons out of those who had contacts with Mr. Patrick Sawyer, the dead Liberian Ebola victim, had manifested symptoms of fever.

The Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, made the disclosure when he addressed newsmen on the update of the country‘s first Ebola case in Ikeja.

Idris said the two persons were among the 70 contacts being monitored and investigated for any symptoms of the disease by the state government and other partners.

The commissioner, who said the two cases were under observation, however stressed that they did not test positive to the virus.

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/ebola-two-down-with-fever-in-lagos-after-contact-with-victim/

Lagos State commissioner for health, Dr. JideIdris, in conjunction with federal health officials tackling the challenge of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have declared that the two people suspected of infection have tested negative to the virus.

Idris said yesterday that an official statement on the matter became necessary as result of the rumours being spread in Lagos and beyond that one of the 59 contacts of the late Liberian Patrick Sawyerr, who was physically screened, has been confirmed positive to the virus.
“The contact tracing team is following 70 contacts by now and linking them to clinical support when needed. Suspected cases will continue to be monitored until the end of the incubation period of 21 days, from their exposure to the late Sawyer who had EVD.”

http://dailytrust.com.ng/weekly/index.php/new-news/17211-ebola-critical-contacts-report-negative-lasg