Ebola: Lagos confirms 2 people who came in contact with dead Liberian victim down with fever
The Lagos State Government on Friday said two persons out of those who had contact with Patrick Sawyer, the dead Liberian Ebola victim, have manifested symptoms of fever. The Commissioner for Health, Jide Idris, made the disclosure when he addressed journalists on the update of the country`s first Ebola case in Ikeja. Mr. Idris said the two persons were among the 70 contacts being monitored and investigated for any symptoms of the disease by the state government and other partners. The commissioner, who said the two cases were under observation, however stressed that they did not test positive to the virus. Mr. Idris said the state government would continue to monitor all contacts with the victim until the end of the 21 incubation day period of the virus. “Our Rapid Response Team is currently tracking all contacts of persons exposed to the dead passenger with Ebola virus,” the commissioner said. “The contact tracing team is following 70 contacts of the EVD case and linkin