It’s not true –Lagos govt
Few weeks after a Libe­rian, Patrick Sawyer, brought the Ebola virus disease (EVD) to Nigeria, another Liberian with the deadly virus has been detected in Lagos.
This was disclosed yesterday morning by a Senior Registrar with Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbo­bi, Lagos, Dr Akindele Akintayo while speaking on a television programme in Lagos.
He said the Liberian has been kept at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) in Lagos. Dr Akintayo said, however that the hospital authorities were yet to confirm if the victim had a contact with the late Mr Sawyer or not.
Recall that the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu on Tuesday announced the death of Dr Ameyo Adadevoh, one of the doctors that treated the late Sawyer at First Consultant Hospi­tal, Lagos. But, the Lagos State Government has denied that an­other Liberian with the Ebola vi­rus had been discovered in Lagos.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, while ad­dressing newsmen at Alausa, Ikeja, yesterday, debunked the story, saying no such develop­ment occurred. He also confirmed that five fresh suspected cases had come up, saying: “Till date, we have recorded 8 suspected cases, 5 of which came in yesterday, 12 confirmed on the whole, five have died. We are currently following up 213 contacts and 63 have com­pleted the 2-day follow-up.”
The commissioner regretted the death of Dr Stella Adadevoh, the Senior Consultant/endocrinol­ogist at First Consultant Hospital, who led the team that attended to and treated Nigeria’s first index case, Liberian Patrick Sawyer.
According to him, it was the late Adadevoh, “who took the initiative to intimate the ministry concerning the index case and substantially to her credit the moderate containment achieved is owed. She led the team who at­tended to the index case. Her dog­gedness and commitment to duty saw her personally reviewing the case even though the patient had earlier been seen by a doctor.
“No doubt, she and the other affected health workers are the heroes and heroines of the day.”
He also commiserated with the families, friends and co-workers of all affected persons.
Responding to concerns being raised about infected persons who had been discharged after recov­ering fully from the Ebola virus, Idris said: “I wish to reassure you that the discharge process was in line with the WHO international health regulations and they are still being followed up, “adding that there was no record of per­sons who had recovered from the virus attack and showed symp­toms later.

Another Liberian certified with Ebola virus in Lagos