The Federal Government has stated that the Ebola patient in Abuja is responding nicely to therapy and showing signs of restoration.
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, disclosed this on Thursday whereas briefing journalists on the nationwide response in Abuja.
DAILY POST reviews that the patient is a girl who lately returned from Uganda and was admitted to a personal hospital within the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, the place she acquired therapy for a number of days earlier than laboratory affirmation of Ebola virus illness.
Recall that the Federal Government on Tuesday confirmed one imported case of Ebola within the FCT and stated 44 contacts had been recognized for monitoring, together with healthcare staff, sufferers, caregivers and journey contacts.
Pate stated the lady is at the moment in isolation and receiving medical care, whereas contact tracing, quarantine of excessive-threat contacts and surveillance have been intensified to stop additional spread.
“I spoke with the clinicians at this time, and I perceive that the laboratory outcomes present vital enchancment. There is a risk that she’s going to get well totally. However, we can’t take something as a right.
“We at the moment have one confirmed case, and our precedence is to comprise it and forestall transmission into communities or a wider outbreak. We are working very arduous to make sure that this doesn’t occur,” the minister stated.
He defined that the case was imported based mostly on the patient’s journey historical past, noting that she was asymptomatic when she arrived in Nigeria however developed signs a couple of days later.
The minister stated there was no proof yet of community transmission and urged Nigerians to stay calm, observe preventive measures and report suspected instances instantly.
