Nigerian authorities have cleared 61 people placed under observation for possible Ebola.
Lagos State Governor, Babtunde Fashola, who disclosed this during a broadcast in Lagos, said the 61 persons were cleared after 21 days since they had primary or secondary contact with the index case, the Liberian Patrick Sawyer who died of Ebola in Lagos.
He said: “Last week we cleared a total of 61 contacts after the 21 days surveillance which is the known lifespan of the virus. These people were not sick. They were persons who needed to be monitored because of real or suspected contacts to be certain that they did not eventually fall sick. We cautiously wait to see how many more people will be cleared and hope that there will be no new cases,” .
Speaking on the n the level of preparedness and efforts taken by the government to curtail the spread of the virus in the state, Fashola said the state government in conjunction with the Federal government has been working to curtail the spread of the disease since it was brought into the country.
So far, 11 people have tested positive for the virus and four including Mr. Sawyer have died.
On Saturday, one of the doctors who was infected while treating Mr. Sawyer, made full recovery after receiving treatment at the Isolation centre in Mainland Hospital, Yaba, and was discharged.
