Ebola Scare In Anambra, Government Seals Off Hospital

On Thursday , the Anambra Commissioner of
Health, Josephat Akabuike, announced on that a
hospital has been sealed off and
its workers and
patients quarantined due to Ebola disease
scare ,Premium Times reports.
Briefing journalists in the state’s capital , Awka,
Akabuike said the state government took action
following the information received that a man
whose body was brought back from Liberia at
the weekend, might have died of the killer
disease. He said that information available to
the government indicated that the body was
brought back from Liberia through Lagos and
deposited in the mortuary at Nkwelle-Ezenaka
in Oyi Local Government of the state.
“Part of the briefing is to tell you what we are
doing to make sure we don’t allow the deadly
virus to come into the state.What actually called
for this is that we have a report that a corpse
was brought through Lagos and the deceased
was said to have been taken from Liberia where
of course you know there are cases of the
disease.The corpse was said to have been
brought to Nigeria and deposited somewhere in
Nkwelle-Ezunaka and the ministry was alerted
and that is why we are taking all these
measures.”
The Police Command in the state have been
directed by the state’s governor to cordon off
the place until the necessary tests were carried
out.