ALERT: BE CAUTIOUS! CORPSE OF SUSPECTED EBOLA VIRUS VICTIM ARRIVES OYI IN ANAMBRA STATE The Anambra Commissioner of Health, Josephat Akabuike, announced today that a hospital in the state has been sealed off and its workers and patients quarantined due to Ebola disease scare. Briefing journalists in Awka, Ms. Akabuike said the measure followed information received by the government that a man whose body was brought back from Liberia at the weekend, might have died of the killer disease. He said that information available to the government indicated that the body was brought back from Liberia through Lagos and deposited in the mortuary at Nkwelle-Ezenaka in Oyi Local Government of the state. “What actually called for this is that we have a report that a corpse was brought through Lagos and the deceased was said to have been taken from Liberia where of course you know there are cases of the disease. “The corpse was said to have been brought to Nigeria and deposited somewhere in Nkwelle-Ezunaka and the ministry was alerted and that is why we are taking all these measures.” The Anambra health commissioner stated. Source: PREMIUM TIMES
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 21:33:58 +0000