Panic! Ebola virus detected in Lagos

There was tension in Lagos today when a Liberian man in his 40s was reported to have been diagnosed  the deadly Ebola virus in Lagos. Reuters reported that the Lagos Ministry of Health confirmed the report.

 Lagos, a city of more than 21million people thus comes under the Ebola threat which had ravaged parts of the west African sub region killing 632 people across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since an outbreak began in February. 
 
Residents have since morning been sending Blackberry messages to friends to stay away from a private hospital at Obalende area where the Liberian is suspected to be detained. And the tension is growing.
 


Officials of the Lagos State government in a briefing noted that the 40 year old Liberian is in a private hospital in the Obalende area of the State.
The officials also noted that the hospital housing the Liberian has been cordoned off and the victim isolated.

The State government had earlier in July laid out some precautionary measures to stop the outbreak of the disease in the state.

He listed washing of hands often with soap and water, avoiding close contact with people who are sick and ensuring that objects used by the sick are decontaminated and properly disposed, as measures to control the threat.

 
He advised health workers to be at alert and ensure they always wear personal protective equipment as well as observe universal basic precautions when attending to suspected or confirmed cases, and report same to their Local Government Area or Ministry of Health immediately.

He advised health workers to be at alert and ensure they always wore personal protective equipment as well as observed universal basic precautions when attending to suspected or confirmed cases, and report same to their Local Government Area or Ministry of Health immediately. – See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/lagos-issues-alert-ebola-gives-precautionary-tips/#sthash.pIUqBFiL.dpuf

Reuters described the report as "the first recorded case of one of the world's deadliest diseases in Nigeria, Africa's biggest economy and most populous nation, with 170 million people and some of Africa's least adequate health infrastructure".