Do not celebrate yet, we are still under Ebola attack - FG

 The Nigerian Govern­ment said yesterday that even though there is only one case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the country was still very much under threat.

It said the country was do­ing well on containment of the virus, as all the confirmed cases were all traced to the late Liberian American, Mr Patrick Sawyer, the first index case.


The government warned that the country was yet to eliminate the disease because it still had a case of the virus it was managing which might have had a third party contact, “as long as there is a case of Ebola disease, Nigeria is still at risk. We have done well on containment but the problem is not over.”

According to the Health minister: “This is a good one for a disease that has 90 per cent mortality rate but we must maintain vigilance.

“I don’t want us to move from panic to euphoria which may be a problem. Nigeria is doing well on containment, all the cases of the disease in Nigeria were traced to Patrick Sawyer. We have not eliminat­ed the disease because we still have a case we are managing which may have had a third party contact. As long as there is a case of Ebola disease, Nigeria is still at risk. So, we have done well on contain­ment but the problem is not over.”