Ebola: Nigeria Has 54 Primary Contacts Now, Many Are In Quarantine, Says NCDC

Ebola: Nigeria Has 54 Primary Contacts Now, Many Are In Quarantine, Says NCDC

The NCDC chief also said efforts were ongoing to identify the secondary contacts.

Nigeria: Ebola - Nigeria Identifies 53 Contacts Linked to Confirmed Case

Mr Idris said the contacts include healthcare workers, the confirmed patient's domestic staff and spouse, as well as health personnel involved in collecting samples from the patient

‘We’re Not Out of the Woods’ — NCDC says Ebola Contact Tracing Continues

Jide Idris, director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), says contact tracing for Ebola virus disease in the country is ongoing. Speaking in an interview on Channels Television on Monday, Idris said the evacuation of the index case from Nigeria did not mean that the country was “out of the woods”. He said three primary contacts tested on Monday returned negative, adding that the agency would begin tracing se…

Nigeria Tracks Scores of Contacts After Confirming an Ebola Case – Axadle

Health authorities are tracking 53 people who may have been exposed to Nigeria’s confirmed Ebola patient in the Federal Capital Territory, including healthcare workers, the patient’s husband, domestic staff and personnel who handled sample collection. At the time of the briefing, none of those identified had tested positive or shown symptoms, officials said. They will […]

We’ve traced 53 Ebola contacts, will pay each N100,000 weekly – NCDC - NewsTmes.com.ng

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, traced 53 people who had contact with an Ebola patient in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. DAILY POST reports that the index case is a 42-year-old woman, the wife of a Swiss Embassy staff member, who returned from Uganda through Addis Ababa on October 3 and …

Nigeria Tracks 53 Contacts as Ebola Surveillance Expands - THE DESTINATION

ABUJA: (News Desk) – Nigeria has expanded its Ebola surveillance efforts after identifying nine additional contacts of the country’s only confirmed case, bringing the total number of primary contacts under monitoring to 53, health authorities said on Sunday. Jide Idris, head of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), said the number had […]