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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: Brynn on September 04, 2014, 08:08:59 PM
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Perfect. Just Excellent.
Health officials in Lagos have warned the public not to rely on some Ebola testing kits available in the market. It has been found that some fake testing kits are being sold that claim to show very quick results (in about 10 minutes). Officials also clarified that as of now, Ebola testing kits are not being manufactured. Reliable testing can be done only at officially designated diagnostic centres.
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My last lamentation today
Abia State Government says it would declare a manhunt to fish out all suspected Ebola patients that may have sneaked into the State from the neighbouring Rivers State.
Commissioner for Health, Mr. Okechukwu Ogah, who stated this in an exclusive interview with our Correspondent in Umuahia, said he would liaise with his Rivers State counterpart to get the names of people suspected to have had contacts with the late Dr. Iyke Enemuo and later fled the state .
He said when obtained, such names would be made public so that members of the public would help government in tracking them down to avoid spreading the virus to residents of the state.
Ogah however cautioned against politicising the pandemic following some media reports that Chinyere, the sister of the late Enemuo fled to Abia after the death of her brother before she was tracked down and bundled back to PortHarcourt where she is currently quarantined.
He said he never saw Chinyere in Abia but noted that government was not taking chances as it had since stepped up public awareness and sensitization on how to contain the Ebola virus.
The Commissioner appealed to church leaders, traditional rulers, healing homes, landlords, tenants, and other members of the public to volunteer information about any one suspected to have sneaked into Abia from Ebola infested states.
He said: “We will work with neighbouring states to track down the 50 people that were said to have fled from Rivers State and put them on surveillance. We need to work together to rid Nigeria of Ebola; and if there is anybody hiding in Abia we will ask for their names and announce them on air for the public to help us track them.”
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Zombie apocalypse
Ebola fears after US air marshal attacked with syringe at Lagos airport
A US air marshal was attacked with a syringe at Lagos airport in Nigeria and has been taken to a US hospital, the FBI said on Monday.
It was not known what was in the syringe when its contents were injected into the on-duty marshal, whose name has not been given and is in hospital in Houston.
The incident on Sunday raised fears the syringe could have carried some form of the Ebola virus because Nigeria is one of the west African countries where the epidemic has spread.
The FBI said authorities were taking every precaution but that initial signs were that the victim was not a danger to others and was not showing any symptoms.
"Out of an abundance of caution, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted an on-scene screening of the victim when United Flight 143 landed in Houston early Monday morning," the statement said.
"The victim did not exhibit any signs of illness during the flight and was transported to a hospital upon landing for further testing. None of the testing conducted has indicated a danger to other passengers."