Ebola: Second Liberian with Ebola receiving treatment in Lagos

 

It has just been reported that another Liberian is in Lagos with Ebola disease. A Senior Registrar with Igbobi Orthopaedic hospital, Lagos, Dr Akindele Akintayo made this known while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise program this morning. Although Dr. Akintayo didn’t reveal much, he however said that the Liberian is currently in the Lagos Isolation center.

“You need to know that there is another Liberian patient under observation that is being treated for Ebola in an Infectious Disease Hospital Lagos.
“Am not very sure if he is a new case or had contact with Patrick Sawyer,” he explained.
Dr. Akintayo also emphasized the need for infected dead persons to be cremated in order not to transmit the virus, saying that the virus survives in the dead. He called for more community awareness program to help ensure that the virus would not spread to other Nigerian states.
All the confirmed Ebola cases are in Lagos State in south west Nigeria.
Several persons were said to have contracted the disease in Liberia during burials. According to reports, the late Patrick Sawyer contracted the virus during the late sister’s burial.
Since the disease broke out early this year, at least 1,200 deaths have been recorded, most of them in West Africa.