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Lagos State Government yesterday said the number of persons suspected to have had contact with the late Liberian, Mr Patrick Sawyer, who died of Ebola Virus Diseases in Lagos, has risen to 70, saying two of the contact had developed fever.
The two contacts are however said to have tested negative to the disease. Briefing journalists at a joint press conference with health officials of the Lagos State government and the federal government, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, said to avert the spread of the diseases, the state government had created an alert management system to receive alerts call and rumour from communities regarding suspect/ alert Ebola cases.
He added that a website had also been created on suspected Ebola cases in the state. He explained that government embarked on contact tracing to ensure that all contacts exposed to an Ebola patient who develop fever receive care immediately and are separated from others to stop the spread of the diseases.
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Source: #NationalMirrorOnline