The Federal Government has stated that the Ebola patient in Abuja is responding nicely to remedy 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 studies that the patient is a girl who just lately returned from Uganda and was admitted to a non-public hospital within the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, the place she obtained remedy 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 girl is at present 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 today, and I understand that the laboratory results show significant improvement. There is a possibility that she will recover fully. However, we cannot take anything for granted.
“We at present have one confirmed case, and our precedence is to comprise it and stop transmission into communities or a wider outbreak. We are working very onerous to make sure that this doesn’t occur,” the minister said.
He explained that the case was imported based on the patient’s travel history, noting that she was asymptomatic when she arrived in Nigeria but developed symptoms a few days later.
The minister said there was no evidence yet of community transmission and urged Nigerians to remain calm, observe preventive measures and report suspected cases immediately.
