Ebola : 169 quarantined people released

Minister of health, Prof Onyebuchi has revealed that some of the 169 secondary contacts of Sawyer are no longer under surveillance and have been released, having completed the 21 days of the incubation period. He also stated that another Lagos doctor is being treated for the virus.

The Minister said the nurse who had escaped the quarantine center in Lagos and traveled to Enugu state has been returned back to Lagos with her husband in a special traveling ambulance.

'In Enugu yesterday, there were 21 secondary contacts with the nurse. But after investigations, there are only 6 secondary contacts now. The nurse who is newly wedded had no symptoms of the disease when she traveled to Enugu. She was transported back to Lagos in a special ambulance with her husband. Her husband is under quarantine now”