by S’ola Filani

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said all the patients who had tested positive to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) are in stable conditions and responding to treatment.

Fashola disclosed this on Monday at a meeting with traditional rulers and religious leaders at the State House, Ikeja, Lagos, saying five of the victims specifically had greatly improved.

“We now have 10 persons in isolation that are receiving treatment and eight of them have been confirmed positive to Ebola Virus Disease.

“We are still waiting for the result of the remaining two persons. All of them are stable, which means that they are not deteriorating. Five of them have really improved. This means they are fighting back. It confirms that Ebola is not automatic death sentence if we do the right thing at the right time. We should talk to our people,” he told the traditional rulers and religious leaders.

Fashola said dealing with them might take “two weeks. It may take four weeks. It may take two months. It may take eight months. If we can find all the contacts, we are in control. Now, it is now a question of treatment and survival of those who we have isolated. If you look at what we have now, only one case has resulted in the infection of ten persons.”

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