The Federal Government has cleared the air on the alleged outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in Calabar, Cross River State.
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry
of Health, Mr. Linus Awute, who made the clarification at a press
briefing on Friday in Abuja, said the EVD scare in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital resulted from the death of a patient, who was said to have manifested the symptoms of the killer disease.
He said, “It has been investigated
clinically, also using laboratory tests. The young man was down with
symptoms that are similar with that of Ebola. His temperature was 37
degrees. But he had not traveled outside Calabar. His family has a case
of chicken pox.”
“Our experiences in Ebola containment
were used. The blood samples that were collected before his death were
taken to Irrua Specialist Hospital in Edo State and necessary tests were
conducted to ascertain if he had Lasser Fever or Ebola. As we speak, it
has nothing to do with Lasser Fever and Ebola as results confirmed that
it was negative. But the results of what actually killed him would be
ready on Monday.”
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