Four more patients undergoing treatment for the deadly Ebola Virus Disease have been discharged from the Ebola Emergency Treatment Centre in Lagos.
The Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, in a statement on Monday, said the discharged patients have now being confirmed to be Ebola free. The identities of the survivors were however not disclosed.
Mr. Chukwu said three of the patients – two male doctors and a female nurse – participated in the treatment of the index case, Patrick Sawyer, while the fourth patient was a female patient at the First Consultant Hospital at the time Mr. Sawyer was on admission.
This development brings the number of discharged persons to five. One of the patients, who tested positive to the virus was discharged on Saturday, after she was declared Ebola free.
Mr. Chukwu had earlier indicated that more than half of the patients being treated were responding to treatment. The minister said all the persons under surveillance were secondary contacts. Mr. Chukwu added, “All the patients under treatment have now moved to the new 40-bed capacity isolated ward provided by the Lagos State Government.
“Additional equipment has also been made available to the new isolating ward by the Federal Government’’, he said.
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