Suspected Ebola case in Abuja tests negative, says FCT Health Secretariat

By Joseph Erunke, Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory,FCT Administration has confirmed that the suspected Ebola lawsuit reported successful Abuja has tested negative, urging the nationalist to stay calm and debar spreading unverified information.

Speaking astatine a property briefing connected Friday, the FCT Mandate Secretary for Health and Environmental Services, Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe, explained that the suspected case, identified lone arsenic Patient X for confidentiality, was promptly reported aft showing symptoms of fever and unexplained bleeding upon returning from Rwanda.

According to the FCT Epidemiologist, Dr Lukman Lawal, the lawsuit triggered an contiguous activation of the Emergency Operations System successful enactment with World Health Organization,WHO, National, and FCT protocols.

Lawal said interaction tracing, illustration collection, and laboratory investigating were conducted without hold and results from the National Reference Laboratory returned antagonistic wrong six hours.

Dr. Fasawe commended the diligent for seeking aesculapian attraction immediately, the backstage installation that raised the alert — Nisa Premier Hospital ,for maintaining a precocious scale of suspicion, and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control,NCDC, for its swift collaboration with the FCT wellness authorities.

“This incidental shows that our surveillance strategy is progressive and alert. Every fever is not malaria. Every fever is not Ebola. What matters is aboriginal reporting and strict adherence to protocol,” she said.

She stressed that portion Nigeria presently has nary recorded Ebola cases, the vigilance remains precocious due to the fact that of outbreaks successful neighboring countries.

According to her, “The FCT Administration has already conducted 2 Ebola-related investigations this year, some of which returned negative.”

Dr. Fasawe besides warned against misinformation and panic, calling connected the media to verify accusation earlier publication. She reminded the nationalist that stigmatizing patients lone worsens wellness crises.

Fasawe further urged Nigerians to marque usage of the toll-free enactment 6232 and different authoritative NCDC platforms for reporting suspected cases of infectious diseases, adding that “the vigilance of 1 clinician tin prevention a nation.”

“Diseases bash not cognize borders. With aerial travel, anyone tin determination from an endemic state to Nigeria wrong hours. That is wherefore surveillance astatine our borders and wrong our communities is critical,” she said.

The suspected diligent is presently responding good to attraction for different conditions and is expected to beryllium discharged soon.

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