Five new cases of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease were brought to the Yaba Mainland Hospital, Lagos, on Tuesday, the Lagos State government has said.
Speaking during a press conference, Wednesday, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Jide Idris told journalists that two of those cases were from secondary contacts.
"Till date, we have recorded eight suspected cases, five of which came in yesterday, 12 confirmed," said Dr. Idris.
"On the whole, five have died (including the index case).
He also said the state health officials are following up 213 contacts, and 62 have completed the two-day follow-up.
Idris also paid tributes to the late Stella Adadevoh, a Senior Consultant and Endocrinologist at First Consultant Medical Centre, Obalende, who passed away, Tuesday, after succumbing to the deadly virus as well as the other health workers who had died from Ebola virus since the disease broke out in July, describing them as the heroes and heroines of the day. "
She, (Dr. Adadevoh) it was, who took the initiative to intimate the Ministry concerning the index case – Liberian-American (Mr. Patrick Sawyer) and substantially to her credit the moderate containment achieved is owed," said Dr. Idris. "She led the team who attended to the index case.
Her doggedness and commitment to duty saw her personally reviewing the case even though the patient had earlier been seen by a doctor. "The Ministry of Health commiserates with their families, co-workers, friends and loved ones on these irreparable losses which was on the line of duty," he added.
Dr. Idris also said that the government's "vigorous" contact tracing is now shifting from primary to secondary contacts. "The mode of spread remains mainly transmission from an infected person in an infective state and from an infected animal (bat, monkey, etc) to a person.
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