Nigeria - 60 Ebola Contacts of Dead Doctor Yet To Be Found - Port Harcourt, Rivers state

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August 31st, 2014 posted by NigerianMuse

The Rivers State government has said about 60 people, out of close to 200 that had primary and secondary contacts with the late Dr Ikechukwu Sam Enemuo, who died of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Port Harcourt, the state capital, are yet to be found.

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Re: Rivers Doctor: 60 Ebola Contacts Yet To Be Found

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Ebola: Rivers asks late doctor?s contacts to come out of hiding
September 1, 2014 | Filed under: Breaking News | Author: IGNATIUS CHUKWU


Persons, who had contacts with the late Port Harcourt doctor, Iyke Enemuo, who died of Ebola virus, but have gone underground, have been asked to step out before it is too late.

This is as three persons have tested positive in Port Harcourt and pulled into the quarantine centre at Oduoha in Emuoha local government area of Rivers.

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The three persons, who have tested positive, were some of those who had contacts with the late doctor. A lady at the late doctor?s hospital is being observed and the blood sample has been sent for test.

The commissioner told newsmen that the three patients include a medical doctor, a pharmacist and another staff member of the hospital that treated Enemuo.

Parker said 50 persons have been identified as high-risk contacts due to their level of contacts with the late doctor. He, however, said 60 others were yet to be tracked, saying some were known to have travelled to Imo, Abia and Akwa Ibom states. He said the commissioners of health in those states have been alerted.

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He also said all the affected places (hotel where the diplomat lodged, the late doctor?s hospital, the place where the late doctor was treated, the mortuary where his corpse was deposited) have all been decontaminated. ?They are now safe and free to reopen for business?.


He, however, warned against creating treatment centres in churches.

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