The Federal Government on Wednesday
said a total of 198 persons are currently being quarantined for the Ebola Virus
Disease, this SHOWBIZPLUSng can authoritatively report.
It said while 177 are being
quarantined in Lagos where the index case was reported, 21 persons are being
attended to in Enugu.
Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran
Maku, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents of the outcome
of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President
Goodluck Jonathan.
Maku said Enugu came into the
picture because one of the nurses that treated the American-Liberian, Patrick
Sawyer, who brought the virus to the country disobeyed medical advice and travelled
to Enugu.
He said all those the nurse had
contacts with, including her husband, are currently being quarantined.
