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Minister of Information, Labaran Maku has given assurance to Nigerians that there won't be an outbreak of the #Ebola disease in the country.
He said government was taking all precautions to ensure that the disease doesn't spread around, or become an epidemic.
Excerpt from Daily Times:
The Federal Government has assured that the Ebola Virus Disease, is not a threat to the country, despite the death of two persons since the index case recorded in Lagos.
It also stated that only 10 out of the 198 persons identified as primary and secondary contacts with the late Liberian carrier, Patrick Sawyer have tested positive to the virus.
Briefing journalists at the State House Abuja, on the outcome of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku noted that 198 persons are currently under watch by the ministry of health to contain further spread of the disease.
Of the 198 persons under surveillance , 177 of them are in Lagos with 21 in Enugu, following the refusal of the nurse who treated the late Sawyer, to heed warnings against traveling .
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He said government was taking all precautions to ensure that the disease doesn't spread around, or become an epidemic.
Excerpt from Daily Times:
The Federal Government has assured that the Ebola Virus Disease, is not a threat to the country, despite the death of two persons since the index case recorded in Lagos.
It also stated that only 10 out of the 198 persons identified as primary and secondary contacts with the late Liberian carrier, Patrick Sawyer have tested positive to the virus.
Briefing journalists at the State House Abuja, on the outcome of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku noted that 198 persons are currently under watch by the ministry of health to contain further spread of the disease.
Of the 198 persons under surveillance , 177 of them are in Lagos with 21 in Enugu, following the refusal of the nurse who treated the late Sawyer, to heed warnings against traveling .
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