Yobe State government has quarantined four people for clinical analysis over suspected case of Lassa fever. The state commissioner for health, Bello Kawuwa disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday. He said seven people were initially quarantined but three have been discharged. [Read Also: Lassa fever kills two in Lagos, 100 people under surveillance] He added that... Read More

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August 19, 2016

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Ebola: 2 years after outbreak, Nigerians on Twitter pay tribute to Dr. Adadevoh

Nigerians on Friday paid tribute to Dr. Stella Adadevoh who died two years ago after courageously treating the first Ebola case in Nigeria. Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian who many believed was aware he had contracted the disease ‘sneaked’ into Nigeria and was quarantined under the care of Dr. Adadevoh. Sawyer had insisted he wanted to... Read More

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August 1, 2014

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Fear grips Anambra over Ebola [DETAILS]

by Mayowa Aboah Anambra state has been hit by an Ebola scare after a man who allegedly died of the disease in Liberia, was brought into the South-East state. According to the State’s Commissioner for Health, Jehoshaphat Akabuike, who confirmed that death of a suspected Ebola victim, the mortuary, where the body was taken... Read More

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July 31, 2014

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Nigerian who helped Ebola victim, Patrick Sawyer, is infected? [READ]

by Mayowa Aboah According to a report, a Nigerian citizen who helped late Liberian national, Patrick Sawyer, to the hospital in Lagos, where he was later diagnosed of the virus, has reportedly developed symptoms of the Ebola virus. The man, whose name has been witheld, came in contact with late Sawyer after helping him... Read More

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July 28, 2014

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We are watching those who touched Mr. Sawyer, but Asky has not given us the flight manifest – Lagos

by Emmanuel Chidiogo At least 59 people who had contact with the late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian who died from complications as a result of the Ebola virus in Lagos, have been placed under close surveillance. This was announced by the state’s commissioner for health, Dr. Jide Idris at a press conference in Alausa,... Read More

July 25, 2014

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Patrick Sawyer, Ebola victim, is dead

by Kolapo Olapoju A health official within the Lagos state health system has confirmed to YNaija that Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian national suspected of having the Ebola virus, is dead. Sawyer’s death is the first recorded case of one of the world’s deadliest diseases in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy and most populous nation, with... Read More

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Lassa fever: Four people quarantined in Yobe

Ebola: 2 years after outbreak, Nigerians on Twitter pay tribute to Dr. Adadevoh

Fear grips Anambra over Ebola [DETAILS]

Nigerian who helped Ebola victim, Patrick Sawyer, is infected? [READ]

We are watching those who touched Mr. Sawyer, but Asky has not given us the flight manifest – Lagos

Patrick Sawyer, Ebola victim, is dead

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