Ebola: 340 Cases Under Surveillance in Rivers State

The Rivers Commissioner for Health, Sampson Parker, on Wednesday said there were 340 Ebola Virus disease (EVD) cases under surveillance in the state.Parker made the remark in Port Harcourt during a sensitization workshop at Ogu, in Ogu/Bolo local government area.He said the state government was not in a hurry to reopen primary and secondary schools because of the situation.Parker stressed that government would announce a date for re-opening of public...

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Rivers State Government Sends 3 People to Ebola Treatment Center

The Rivers Commissioner for Health, Sampson Parker, on Sunday in Port Harcourt said three persons have been moved to the state’s treatment centre for observation on the Ebola disease.Parker told newsmen the patients are a doctor, a pharmacist and a woman who had contact with Dr Ike Enemuo, who died of Ebola on Aug. 22.Enemuo was a Port Harcourt-based medical practitioner who treated an ECOWAS diplomat with the Ebola virus.“We...

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