Ebola: Another infected Nigerian for discharge on Wednesday

Patrick Sawyer One of the primary contacts of the index case of Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeriais is to be discharged from his isolation ward on Wednesday.

This followed the successful recovery of the victim, who was infected by the Liberian-American.

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, who confirmed this on Monday, said so far Nigeria has 13 recorded cases of the EVD.

Chukwu said the reduction in the number of cases from 14 to 13 was as a result of the fact that one of those initially counted as having come down with the disease had tested negative.

Speaking through his media aide, Dan Nwomeh, the minister said: “One Ebola patient under treatment has recovered and almost ready for discharge.

Nwomeh, who made the announcement via his Twitter handle, further said: “Explanation for reduction from 14 to 13 is that the 14th case initially announced as positive turned out to be a false positive." Chukwu put the statistics for the EVD in Nigeria as five dead, five discharged and three undergoing treatment at the isolation ward run by the Lagos State Government in Yaba area of the state.

Nwomeh said Nigeria now has only three Ebola patients under treatment at the isolation ward with one of them to be discharged on Wednesday.”