This Is The First Nigerian Ebola Victim Mr. Patrick Sawyer From Liberia and His wife; As 59 Under Watch Odogwuemekaodogwu.blogspot.com reports that this is the picture of the first Ebola victim in Nigerian Mr Patrick Sawyer. He is a Liberian-American, late Patrick Sawyer was a consultant to the Liberian Ministry of Finance. He fell sick while flying into Lagos from Monrovia last Thursday, July 24, reportedly vomiting and having diarrhea. He was admitted in a private hospital on arrival in Lagos, where he died Friday morning. Late Mr. Sawyer’s body has been cremated in Lagos after Ebola, killed him. Ebola has no cure, can cause people to bleed from the eyes, mouth and ears. It requires direct contact with bodily fluids such as urine, blood or saliva before one can contact it. Fifty-nine (59) persons who came in contact with the Liberian victim of Ebola Virus who died last Thursday in Lagos have been identified and placed under watch. This was disclosed yesterday in Lagos at a joint ministerial press briefing of the Lagos State Ministry of Health and Federal Ministry of Health. At the briefing, addressed by the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, it was also affirmed that no Nigerian had been infected by the dreaded disease. The airline that flew him to Nigeria, according to the state government, had, however, not yet provided the flight manifest. The State Government called for calm, assuring that its collaborative efforts with the Federal Government were enough to ensure that the disease did not spread. Idris added that health authorities were being very pro-active about the detection of the Ebola virus in the Liberian who was on his way to Calabar, Cross River State, for a conference, by ensuring that all contacts were being actively followed. He said part of the measures taken after the death of the Liberian was the closure of the private hospital where he was admitted and elimination of primary source of infection, adding that the decontamination process in all affected areas had commenced. In terms of contacts tracing, Dr. Idris informed that so far, a total of 59 contacts were registered, consisting of 44 hospital contacts (38 healthcare workers and six laboratory staff) as well as 15 airport contacts, comprising three ECOWAS staff-driver, liaison and protocol officers, Nigerian Ambassador to Monrovia, two nursing staff and five airport passenger handlers. He explained that out of the number, 20 contacts had been physically screened, of which 50 per cent were of the type one contact and another 50 per cent, type two contacts, adding that the airline manifest had not been provided yet. “The airline manifest has not been provided at the time of this report and, therefore, the precise number of passenger contacts is yet to be ascertained, especially as two flights were involved (Monrovia - Lome and Lome - Lagos). There was no report of a medical incident filed,” he said. Dr. Idris added that an isolation ward was designated by the Lagos State Ministry of Health at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, for case management, while the designation of three other health facilities was underway. In her contribution, Special Adviser on Health, Dr. (Mrs.) Yewande Adeshina, appealed to operators of traditional health care centres to be wary of patients with fever symptoms, who show signs of extreme weakness and diarrhea. President of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, also at the briefing, said all the contact persons were being screened on a continuous basis, to look for any possible signs of the disease. He commended the timely action taken by the Lagos State Government and the private hospital, adding that there was absolutely no need for people to panic. Others at the briefing were the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information and Strategy, Mr Lateef Raji; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr Modele Osunkiyesi; Permanent Secretary, Health Services Commission, Dr Hamid Balogun and the Permanent Secretary, Primary Health Care Board, Dr Kayode Oguntimehin. KSTP and Tribune

Odogwuemekaodogwu.blogspot.com reports that this is the picture of the first Ebola victim in Nigerian Mr Patrick Sawyer. He is a Liberian-American, late Patrick Sawyer was a consultant to the Liberian Ministry of Finance. He fell sick while flying into Lagos from Monrovia last Thursday, July 24, reportedly vomiting and having diarrhea. He was admitted in a private hospital on arrival in Lagos, where he died Friday morning.
Late Mr. Sawyer’s body has been cremated in Lagos after Ebola, killed him. Ebola has no cure, can cause people to bleed from the eyes, mouth and ears. It requires direct contact with bodily fluids such as urine, blood or saliva before one can contact it.
Fifty-nine (59) persons who came in contact with the Liberian victim of Ebola Virus who died last Thursday in Lagos have been identified and placed under watch.
This was disclosed yesterday in Lagos at a joint ministerial press briefing of the Lagos State Ministry of Health and Federal Ministry of Health.
At the briefing, addressed by the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, it was also affirmed that no Nigerian had been infected by the dreaded disease.
The airline that flew him to Nigeria, according to the state government, had, however, not yet provided the flight manifest.
The State Government called for calm, assuring that its collaborative efforts with the Federal Government were enough to ensure that the disease did not spread.
Idris added that health authorities were being very pro-active about the detection of the Ebola virus in the Liberian who was on his way to Calabar, Cross River State, for a conference, by ensuring that all contacts were being actively followed.
He said part of the measures taken after the death of the Liberian was the closure of the private hospital where he was admitted and elimination of primary source of infection, adding that the decontamination process in all affected areas had commenced.
In terms of contacts tracing, Dr. Idris informed that so far, a total of 59 contacts were registered, consisting of 44 hospital contacts (38 healthcare workers and six laboratory staff) as well as 15 airport contacts, comprising three ECOWAS staff-driver, liaison and protocol officers, Nigerian Ambassador to Monrovia, two nursing staff and five airport passenger handlers.
He explained that out of the number, 20 contacts had been physically screened, of which 50 per cent were of the type one contact and another 50 per cent, type two contacts, adding that the airline manifest had not been provided yet.
“The airline manifest has not been provided at the time of this report and, therefore, the precise number of passenger contacts is yet to be ascertained, especially as two flights were involved (Monrovia - Lome and Lome - Lagos). There was no report of a medical incident filed,” he said.
Dr. Idris added that an isolation ward was designated by the Lagos State Ministry of Health at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, for case management, while the designation of three other health facilities was underway.
In her contribution, Special Adviser on Health, Dr. (Mrs.) Yewande Adeshina, appealed to operators of traditional health care centres to be wary of patients with fever symptoms, who show signs of extreme weakness and diarrhea.
President of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, also at the briefing, said all the contact persons were being screened on a continuous basis, to look for any possible signs of the disease.
He commended the timely action taken by the Lagos State Government and the private hospital, adding that there was absolutely no need for people to panic.
Others at the briefing were the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information and Strategy, Mr Lateef Raji; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr Modele Osunkiyesi; Permanent Secretary, Health Services Commission, Dr Hamid Balogun and the Permanent Secretary, Primary Health Care Board, Dr Kayode Oguntimehin.

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