A Liberian exhibiting
the symptoms of the deadly disease Ebola was hospitalised in Lagos today.
The special adviser on Health to the Lagos State governor,
Yewande Adesina, told journalists a patient with possible Ebola infection has
been detained pending result of his blood sample sent to the Virology Reference
Laboratory in Lagos and the World Health Organisation, WHO, in Dakar, Senegal.
“Results are still pending. Presently the patient’s
condition is stable and he is in recovery. The diarrhoea and vomiting have
stopped. He is still under isolation,” Ms. Adesina said.
Apart from the test results being awaited from the virology
laboratory in Lagos and from WHO in Dakar, Ms. Adesina said a third test has to
be conducted outside Nigeria before a final verdict on whether the man is
suffering from Ebola can be reached.
Last week, the Lagos state government issued an ALERT on the
disease, warning the public to practice safe hygiene as well as advising health
workers to always wear protective gear when treating people with symptoms of
the disease.
On Wednesday, the chief Ebola doctor in Sierra Leone, Umar
Khan, tested positive for the disease. The disease is believed to be transferred
from apes to humans who hunt them for food.
Symptoms include, fever, headache, chills, diarrhea, nausea,
vomiting, sore throat, backache, and joint pains. Later symptoms include
bleeding from the eyes, ears and nose, bleeding from the mouth and rectum, eye
swelling, swelling of the genitals and rashes all over the body.
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