Escaped Quarantine Nurse Returned from Enugu

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Escaped Quarantine Nurse Returned from Enugu</span></span></h3> <div class="post-header" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"> <div class="post-header-line-1"> </div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-9144454582736716025" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 670px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMx3z0t3FtGFj90BlimqgLzkrWcfNEWdA2eTB5hSW3Me3rHIlYmSlMVQraKopPfofbCzHuzp3vCyXyVJhH-EBRMeg_XwHDpxcxKMvT_dQkacVBJew35v9j5Xc5cpg2OeIoY2NbCXapgsM6/s1600/ebola-uk-ghana-guinea_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMx3z0t3FtGFj90BlimqgLzkrWcfNEWdA2eTB5hSW3Me3rHIlYmSlMVQraKopPfofbCzHuzp3vCyXyVJhH-EBRMeg_XwHDpxcxKMvT_dQkacVBJew35v9j5Xc5cpg2OeIoY2NbCXapgsM6/s1600/ebola-uk-ghana-guinea_0.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></span></a></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Nigerian Minister for Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has confirmed that the Lagos nurse who travelled to Enugu against medical advice is now back in Lagos and is under quarantine with her husband.<br /><br />The nurse, who had contact with Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer, caused a stir on Wednesday when it was discovered that she had travelled to Enugu and had contact with at least 21 people during her unauthorized trip to the Southeastern city. However, Chukwu says the nurse has so far not developed the symptoms as of the time of her trip.</span><blockquote class="tr_bq"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“In Enugu yesterday, there were 21 secondary contacts with the nurse. But after<br />investigations, there are only 6 secondary contacts now”, he said in Abuja on Thursday. The nurse who is newly wedded had no symptoms of the disease when she travelled to Enugu, was transported back to Lagos   in a special ambulance with her husband. Her husband is under quarantine now.”</span></blockquote> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Chukwu also confirmed that a Nigerian in the Diaspora was sending an experimental drug for Ebola treatment, and the drug, whose name is ‘Nanosilver’, would arrive in Nigeria today.</span><blockquote class="tr_bq"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“The experimental drug is a donation from a Nigerian scientist in Diaspora who was concerned about threat of Ebola in his home country. The drug will reach Nigeria today”, he said.</span></blockquote> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On updates on Ebola cases in Nigeria, he said some of the 169 secondary contacts of Sawyer were no longer under surveillance and had been released, having completed the 21 days of incubation period.</span></div> </div>

Escaped Quarantine Nurse Returned from Enugu

Escaped Quarantine Nurse Returned from Enugu Nigerian Minister for Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has confirmed that the Lag...

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