FG insist Nigerian doctor infected with Ebola is alive

Director, Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Professor Abdulsalami Nasidi, has said that the Lagos doctor who was infected with the dreaded Ebola virus is not dead.
Nasidi made this clear while at a press briefing in Lagos on Monday, 4th august, 2014. He said the infected patient had been isolated and was receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in Lagos.
“We will not be able to release the name of the new contact, but we know that the person is a doctor and a female. The patient is not dead. She is alive. Experts from the local and international organisations are attending to the patient,” said Nasidi.
Meanwhile, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, has pleaded with striking doctors under the umbrella of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to call off their strike and join the government to fight the deadly virus.
He promised that the state government would make available incentives to health workers who volunteers to work with the team of doctors that are attending to infected patients.
“We also welcome volunteers from the health profession and those who do so shall be given incentives. We also appeal to residents to support government to fight the scourge by being cautious,” he said.

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