Saturday 9 August 2014

The family of the nurse who died from Ebola are on the run

The stigma on family of the Nigerian nurse who died after getting infected with the Ebola virus are on the run. The husband and children according to Business day reports that,this was confirmed by Nigerian  health officials .
If you recall, she is the first Nigerian to die from the virus after contacting it from Liberian,Patrick Sawyer.Meanwhile,  the Minister of Health said 139 people are under surveillance with 9 confirmed cases.

“The total number of cases, as of this morning, (Friday) stands at nine out of which eight are Nigerians and one American-Liberian.Out of the nine confirmed cases, seven are alive and are receiving treatment In Lagos.“I am saying this to enlighten people that having Ebola does not mean you have been condemned to death, survivors have been recorded.
President Jonathan has declared Ebola a national emergency with N1.6billion  awarded to fight and contain the epidemic.

5 comments:

Peace said...

Our president you can do more,the issue i have with Nigerian goverment is that they are SLOW,people from Liberia are still coming into Nigeria with Gambian and other connecting flight to Nigeria.

Mena said...

It will not be well with patrick Sawyer,he knew he had ebola,all he wanted was to inflict it on Nigerians.Rot in hell

Stella said...

my friend and I were on this yesterday,it is not the first time ebola came to Nigeria,the history of ebola stated it came but later vanished. I pray it vanishes quickly before it becomes worse.

John said...

Shattup Stella,this is the first record ever of EVD came into Nigeria,go back and get your facts before you missinform some of the readers on this blog

Ndidi said...

Liberians it will not be well with you people,your president apologising for what na.Medicine after death.You mean you could not keep a sick man who is under suvillance from entering and endangering lives of Nigerians who helped you when you needed our help.All our soldiers that were killed there was not enough orqwaya!