President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the release of N200m for the
Rivers State government as assistance in the fight against Ebola Virus
Disease.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, confirmed this in a
statement issued on Wednesday night by his Special Assistant (Media
and Communications), Mr. Dan Nwomeh, while giving an update on EVD.
He said, "Mr. President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has approved the
release of N200m to the Rivers State Government as direct financial
support to the state towards the containment of EVD outbreak.
"For one week now, there has not been a single case of Ebola Virus
Disease in Nigeria. The total number of confirmed EVD cases recorded
in Nigeria remains 19, with 12 survivors and seven deaths.
"The South African woman who was taken from the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport in Lagos and quarantined on suspicion of EVD
tested negative for EVD and other viral haemorrhagic fevers and has
since been discharged from quarantine and has left the country. Also,
a suspected case reported by NLNG tested negative for EVD.
"A number of contacts are still under surveillance in Nigeria, 4 in
Lagos State and 344 in Rivers State. So far, 347 contacts have been
discharged from surveillance in Lagos State while 182 contacts have
been discharged from surveillance in Rivers State."
Also, the Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, said on Wednesday that
there had been no new case of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country
in the last one week.
Chukwu, who spoke with state house correspondents after the Federal
Executive Council meeting, said there were currently 363 persons under
surveillance.
--PUNCH
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