Relief as the Rivers State Commissioner of Health yesterday disclosed that the 18-month-old baby in the Port Harcourt Ebola treatment centre tested negative.
Although Dr Sampson Parker was pleased by the child's status, he also added that the infant would undergo a fresh test before concluding on his Ebola status.
The child was recently admitted at the treatment center after developing symptoms of the viral disease. The Commissioner also appealed to the international health communities to assist West African countries like Sierra Leone and Liberia in the fight against Ebola, stressing that it would help prevent its spread to other West African countries.
Meanwhile, speaking about the wife of late Dr Enemuo, who is currently at the Lagos State Ebola treatment center, Parker gave good news that she was responding to treatment and would soon be discharged.
“We can commend the Nigerian government for the success it has achieved in combating Ebola. We can also commend Rivers State for its efforts in containing the spread of ebola, but we cannot go and sleep when Liberia and Sierra Leone are still battling with the spread of the disease.
“The international community and the other West African states should do more. If we think we have successfully contained the spread of Ebola in our countries and then shut our eyes to what is currently happening in Liberia and Seirra Leone, we will not also be helping ourselves because citizens of these countries may find their way into our country no matter how well we claim to have policed our borders.
“I am pleased to inform you that Dr. Iyke Enemou’s wife, who is currently receiving treatment at the National Treatment Centre in Lagos is doing well and will soon be discharged,” he said.
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