Nigeria - Ebola: 20 cases, 8 fatalities (WHO Ebola Roadmap Response, September 24, 2014)

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Lagos warns on Ebola virus

Lagos warns on Ebola virus

Posted by: Oyeyemi Gbenga-Mustapha
in News Update
9 hours ago

Following the alarming increase in the number of cases and deaths resulting from the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease(EVD) in some of the neighboring West African countries, the Lagos State Government has urged residents of the state to observe and maintain high standard of personal and environmental hygiene.

The State Commissioner of Health, Dr Jide Idris in a statement on Sunday said precautionary measures were necessary to prevent the outbreak of the disease.

Necessary measures according to the Commissioner include washing of hands often with soap and water, avoiding close contact with people who are sick and ensuring that objects used by the sick are decontaminated and properly disposed off to reduce the risk of infection.

Dr. Idris said the preventive measures are not limited to residents alone, but, health workers who he said should also be at alert.

He advised them to wear personal protective equipment, observe universal basic precautions when attending to suspected or confirmed cases, and report same to their Local Government Area or Ministry of Health immediately.
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http://thenationonlineng.net/new/lagos-warns-on-ebola-virus/

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Re: Nigeria - Media report of a death from hemorrhagic fever - ebola mentioned - dengue hemorrhagic fever confirmed

Nigerian Government raises alert on Ebola virus

Talatu Usman
Published: April 9,2014

?Nigeria is in danger? of Ebola virus, the health minister said.

The Ebola Virus Disease, which has caused the death of scores of people in Central and West Africa may be heading towards Nigeria, the Federal Government has said.
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Speaking to journalists after the weekly meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation, FEC, on Wednesday, the Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, however, said no case of the disease has been reported in Nigeria.
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Mr. Chukwu explained that both Ebola and Lassa fever could be spread through animals.

?We know what spreads infection for Lassa is a special type of rat in Nigeria; the ones for Ebola are bats that even some Nigerians see it as bush meat.

?And bats eat fruits as well and so sometimes if you go and pluck fruits that they have contaminated with the virus so someone can get infected.?

The minister advised Nigerians to take their personal hygiene seriously.
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http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/158428-nigerian-government-raises-alert-ebola-virus.html

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Re: Nigeria - Media report of a death from hemorrhagic fever - ebola mentioned

The case has been confirmed due to dengue hemorrhagic fever, not Ebola:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201404021178.html?viewall=1

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Minister dispels rumour of Ebola virus outbreak in Nigeria

30 March 2014, 09:29

abuja - The Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Saturday dispelled rumour of the outbreak of Ebola virus in Nigeria, saying surveillance has been intensified to prevent occurrence.

A statement by Dan Nwomeh, the Special Assistant on Media and Communication to the Minister, said that the attention of the ministry was drawn to a media report on the disease in Nasarawa State.
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"The report is not true and should be disregarded. The said case is yet to be diagnosed and confirmed as Ebola virus.

"The general public should please note that the authority to confirm the outbreak of disease epidemics rests with the minister of health.
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It said that based on available information from the NCDC and the minister of health, there was no outbreak of Ebola virus in Nigeria.

According to the statement, the Ebola virus does not the only cause of hemorrhagic fever; all suspected cases of viral hemorrhagic fever are subject to laboratory analysis and confirmation.
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- NAN

http://www.news24.com.ng/National/News/Minister-dispels-rumour-of-Ebola-virus-outbreak-in-Nigeria-20140330

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Re: Nigeria - Media report of a death from hemorrhagic fever - ebola mentioned

It may be possible, but additional cases may have been already emerged among close contacts and neighbors entered in contact with the presumed infected animal.

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Re: Nigeria - Media report of a death from hemorrhagic fever

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Undergraduate, 15, Dies Of Ebola Virus From Neighbour?s Monkey
catherine agbo
? March 26, 2014
A 15-year-old Medicine undergraduate of Bingham University, Nasarawa State, Temi Ilesanmi has died after she allegedly got infected with the Ebola Virus from a monkey belonging to a neighbour at her parent?s residence at Apo Legislative Quarters, Abuja.


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A family source, Mrs Olufunke Osunkoya, who spoke with LEADERSHIP in Abuja, yesterday, on behalf of the family, said trouble started early this month when the late Temi became afflicted with a strange kind of fever that defied treatment at the Federal Staff Hospital, Garki Hospital and National Hospital, all in Abuja.

She said the deceased who was secreting blood from her nose and mouth as well as on her phlegm when she coughs or sneezes was later referred to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja, where doctors diagnosed Ebola Haemorrhage Fever and she was later transferred to Irrua Specialist Hospital in Edo State.


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http://leadership.ng/news/359535/undergraduate-15-dies-ebola-virus-neighbours-monkey

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Nigeria


FG intensifies surveillance on ebola virus, says official

March 27, 2014 by NAN
The Federal Ministry of Health on Thursday in Abuja said it has intensified surveillance to prevent the transmission of the ebola disease across the country. The ministry?s Chief Consultant Epidemiologist, Dr Akin Oyemakinde, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the current outbreak of the disease in Guinea necessitated the measures taken.
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Oyemakinde said the country?s port authorities? health care officers have been sensitised to identify individuals suspected of being with the disease?s symptoms, and notify the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
?There is no cure for the disease and no vaccine, and anybody with the disease will only get supportive therapy. Therefore preventing the disease from coming into Nigeria is paramount..
?Guinea is close to us, and there is a report that about 60 people have died from the disease. Now, every country is at alert because the disease is spreading to neighbouring countries.
?We have sent an alert to all State Commissioners for Health, with the attention of the state epidemiologists, to sensitise the public and the health workers,? he said.
NAN reports that a recent UNICEF report says the haemorrhagic fever has spread quickly from southern Guinea, hundreds of kilometres away.
A media report also stated that Sierra Leone?s Health Ministry said it was investigating two suspected cases of ebola.
The World Health Organisation said the infection had emerged through the handling of infected chimpanzees, gorillas, fruit bats, monkeys, forest antelopes and porcupines.
These were those found dead or ill in the rain forest.
?Later, Ebola spreads in the community through human-to-human transmission, resulting from close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people.
?Burial ceremonies where mourners have direct contact with the body of the deceased person can also play a role in the transmission of ebola.
?Transmission through infected semen can occur up to seven weeks after clinical recovery,? it saidhttp://www.punchng.com/news/fg-inten...says-official/