Nigeria Successfully Contains Ebola Virus

The Nigerian Government has announced the successful containment of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
Onyebuchi Chukwu, minister of health, who made this known in a statement by Dan Nwomeh, special assistant on media and communication to the minister, said that Nigeria had thirteen cases of EVD including the index case, Patrick Saywer, the late Liberian-American who imported the dreaded contagious disease while on a trip to attend an official assignment in Nigeria on July 20, 2014.
With yesterday been the 38th day since the deadly virus came into the country, Chukwu revealed that the country has only one confirmed case of EVD, a secondary contact of Patrick Sawyer’s and spouse of one of the physicians who participated in the management of the index case.
According to the health minister, “She is stable but still on treatment at the isolation ward in Lagos. As at yesterday, 26th August, 2014, Nigeria has had thirteen cases of EVD including the index case. Of these thirteen, five including the index case unfortunately did not survive the disease and are now late.
However, seven of the infected persons were successfully managed at the isolation ward in Lagos and have been discharged home.”
Two of the treated patients, a male doctor and a female nurse, were discharged yesterday evening, 25th August, 2014 having satisfied the criteria for discharge.