EBOLA: Nigeria Nurse Flees From Being Quarantined
A Nigerian nurse, who had contacts with the dead Liberian, Patrick Sawyer, in Lagos, has escaped being quarantined.
The Nation reports that the nurse who in a bid to avoid being quarantined, fled to the eastern part of Enugu, her hometown.She has however made contacts with 20 people who are under surveillance for a suspected case of the deadly disease in Enugu.
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This was made known by the Information Minister Labaran Maku, who confirmed that said the nurse, who herself has a suspected Ebola Virus Case (EVD).
Although The Nation reported about an unnamed nurse, Sahara Reporters made it known a couple of hours later that the nurse who reportedly escaped from quarantine is not Obi Justina Ejelonu; as she is doing fine where she's been quarantined, awaiting the WHO-approved vaccine.
This new development has further added to the number of cases in Nigeria as it has now risen to a total of 189 people who are under watch in the country.
Three deaths have however been reportedly connected to Nigeria, after the Liberian-American businessman Patrick Sawyer brought the deadly disease into the country, claiming the lives of an attending nurse and an ECOWAS staffer, who worked with Sawyer.
Source: Legit.ng
