attended to the index (first) Patrick Sawyer at the First Consultants
Medical Centre, Lagos, and later died of the Ebola Virus Disease
contracted during the encounter, has been discharged from the Ebola
control and treatment centre in Lagos.
The late nurse's spouse, who had been under observation as one of the
suspected cases, was discharged after testing negative to Ebola
following series of tests conducted on him to certify his status.
A source at the treatment centre, told Vanguard that Dennis was
discharged, weekend after he was certified Ebola free.
He is the sixth person to be discharged from the Ebola Isolation
Centre in Yaba, Lagos.
However, Special Adviser on Media and Communication to the Minister
of Health, Dan Nwomeh, denied knowledge of the development.
"We are not aware of that development, but to avoid any confusion, the
Minister of Health reiterates that he has the sole authority to
announce confirmed and discharged cases of disease epidemics in
Nigeria.
"The Minister reassured Nigerians that any new confirmed or discharged
cases of EVD in Nigeria will be announced by his office promptly.
"Any doubtful information on the out-break of EVD should be verified
from the office of the Minister of Health."
On Saturday, Chukwu, had confirmed that two of the spouses of the
dead Ebola victims had tested positive to the virus, a development
that brought to four the total number of Ebola patients being treated
at the isolation ward.
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