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RIVERS: Late doctor’s wife tests positive for Ebola

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The wife of the doctor who died in Port Harcourt after contracting the Ebola Virus Disease is positive and has been transferred to Lagos for treatment, the Commissioner for Health Rivers State has said. Samson Parker said about 200 people have been traced and put under surveillance, “anyone of them that shows traces will be tested and quarantined, but so far no one has shown traces” Speaking as a guest by telephone on Channels Television, the Commissioner added that the two cases that were confirmed in the state were the late doctor and his wife. He noted that his team is carrying out a robust search to find people that have had primary contacts with the affected persons (including the immediate family) in the state and other close states. The Commissioner also stated that the hospital owned by the late doctor has been deactivated and decontaminated likewise the mortuary where he body was taken to, “ after the decontamination we will announce to the public that this is what happ...

Rivers state Min. of Health ask people who visited hospital where doctor died to come forward

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This statement below is from the Rivers state Ministry of Health askin all those who visited Samstel Clinic in Rumuokoro, Port Harcourt, in the last few weeks to report to the ministry to acquire tested. Samstel is the hospital where Dr Ikye Enemoah, who died of Ebola, please people ebola is real. Ebola - Port Harcourt Ministry Of Health Release. "If you visited Samstel Clinic, Rumuokoro, PH, within the last few weeks, you are kindly urged to report to the Rivers State Health Ministry! "Please search yourself and if this concerns you, please go and get tested immediately. If you were in this hospital but have left Port Harcourt, please look for where to give up yourself. Everything is being done to curb the spread. Please do your little part to help. Do not hide family members who you think might be infected." God bless you as you Obey! 217 people have reported there and they have been quarantined in Port Harcourt