In spite of the warnings and precaution, the scourge of Ebola seems to be spreading with the Federal Government confirming another Ebola case in Lagos bringing the total number of Ebola Virus Disease victims to 10.
It also said that the 177 primary and secondary contacts of the index case (American Patrick Sawyerr) have been placed under surveillance or isolation.
The Minister of Health Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu at a well-attended press conference Monday said of these 10 cases, two have died (the Liberian American and the Nigerian nurse) while 8 are alive and currently on treatment. This is the situation 22 days since the dreaded EVD first landed in Nigeria.
At the sub regional level, the Ebola Virus Disease was discussed as a substantive agenda during the Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government in Accra Ghana.
Chukwu said Nigeria, as usual, played its leading, pioneering and compassionate role during the Summit with the first and only donation of USD3.5 million humanitarian and capacity building aid to the three affected countries of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, the West African Health Organization (WAHO), and the ECOWAS Ebola Fund.
Recently President Goodluck Jonathan announced a N1.9 billion intervention fund for the dreaded disease.
