Ebola: 160 Persons Under Observation In Rivers State

At least 160 persons that made contact with a doctor that died of
Ebola disease, Iyke Enomoah, have been identified and put under
observation.

The Rivers State Commissioner of Health, Sampson Parker, told a press
conference at the state's ministry secretariat in Port Harcourt on
Friday that the persons had shown no signs of the Ebola disease.

He, however, said that the persons were strictly under watch.

The commissioner told the reporters that the baby of the wife of the
late health worker, who has since been quarantined, was in good
health.

"Rivers State now has a mobile testing unit for testing blood samples
for the virus. A national Ebola response team has been set up headed
by the Minister of Health, Professor Oyenbuchi Chukwu," Mr Parker
said, dispelling rumours that the state was not working with the
Federal Government in tackling the spread of the disease.

He also stated that all places identified to have been visited by late
Dr Iyke after he met with the ECOWAS diplomat, known as Oluibukun
Koye, were being decontaminated as part of measures to contain the
spread of the disease.

The late doctor's residence, the Green Heart hospital, where he was
treated and the morgue, where his body was kept, were part of the
places being decontaminated.

The Ebola Virus Disease has killed five persons in Nigeria, with five
of the deaths occurring in Lagos State, where the first case of the
disease was recorded.

A Liberian-American man, Patrick Sawyer, who brought the virus to
Nigeria died on July 25 in Lagos.

Since the outbreak of the disease in West Africa, at least 1,500
deaths have been recorded.