Ebola: Uduaghan expresses worry over new cases DELTA State governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, has expressed concern over new cases of Ebola Virus outbreak in Rivers State. He has, therefore, called on the citizens of the state, who are already apprehensive over the Port Harcourt cases, to be on the alert and take their personal hygiene and other preventive measures seriously. Governor Uduaghan, who has already set up an emergency committee on the deadly disease in the wake of the index case in the country, condemned the action of the diplomat that spread the virus to Port Harcourt and the doctor that attended to him in a hotel. Dr Uduaghan, during a Channels Television programme, Sunrise Daily, broadcast live from Asaba on Friday, as part of activities to mark the 23rd anniversary of the creation of Delta State, also called for increased and sustained advocacy campaign by stakeholders to curtail further spread of the disease. “I am not only concerned that the virus has entered Port Harcourt, I am worried and we need to step up advocacy programme for people to raise the level of awareness,” the governor said. “I feel very sad, very bad as a professional that a colleague, a medical doctor went to a hotel to treat someone who was suspected to have Ebola virus, this calls for great concern and the need for more awareness to be created. “It is ridiculous that a diplomat should leave Lagos for Port-Harcourt knowing that he had been in contact with the primary Ebola victim,” he added, disclosing that the Delta State government has set up isolation centres in different parts of the state to ensure proper management of the disease.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 06:26:35 +0000
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