The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it has recognized 53 contacts linked to Nigeria’s confirmed case of Ebola illness within the Federal (*53*) Territory (FCT).
The Director-General of the NCDC, Jide Idris, disclosed this on Sunday throughout a media briefing in Abuja, the place he offered an replace on the nation’s response to the outbreak.
Mr Idris mentioned the contacts embrace healthcare employees, the confirmed affected person’s home workers and partner, and well being personnel who collected samples from the affected person.
“As of now, we have 53 primary contacts. These comprise 44 people from the health facility where the patient was treated and nine additional contacts,” he mentioned.
“Of the nine additional contacts, three are household members of the patient, her driver, chef and husband. Three others attended to her at Julius Berger Clinic before she got to the other facility, while the remaining three are members of the team who went to collect samples.”
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He mentioned the contacts had been listed and categorised by their stage of publicity, and public well being groups continued to monitor them.
According to him, not one of the recognized contacts had examined constructive for Ebola or developed signs as of the time of the briefing.
Mr Idris additionally clarified that the company had investigated two circumstances, together with the confirmed case within the FCT and a suspected case in Rivers State, which examined destructive for Ebola.
Nigeria confirmed its first case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus illness on 20 October after a girl who had travelled to Nigeria was recognized at a non-public hospital in Abuja.
The NCDC mentioned the confirmed affected person examined constructive in three samples, whereas a pattern from her husband examined destructive.
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