Briefing newsmen today, Special Adviser to the Lagos State
Governor on Public Health, Dr Yewande Adeshina said the Liberian
man being tested for the Ebola Virus is currently at a private
hospital in Obalende, Lagos. She said the man has been isolated and
the hospital vicinity cordoned off and that 30 other people are also
being tested for possible contact with the deadly virus.
Dr Adeshina warned residents to;
“keep personal and environmental hygiene” and urged those
who notice “strange feeling or symptoms similar to those of
Ebola virus, which ranges from fever, headache, diarrhea,
nausea, vomiting, sore throat and joint pains, which are all
symptoms of other ailments, to visit competent health
facilities”.
In the absence of such facilities, she said residents should call the
following numbers - 08023169485, 08033086660, 08033065303,
08055281442, 08055329229.
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