He added that the ministry had also proposed a special fund to support affected private hospitals that complied with the policy of seeing all patients and reported suspected cases.
According to Chukwu, a total of 271 people suspected to have contracted the Ebola virus were under surveillance in Lagos and Port Harcourt.
Two out of the three contacts isolated and being treated in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have been were confirmed negative to the virus.
Chukwu who spoke to NAN on Monday said 72 persons were under surveillance in Lagos and 199 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
“There is nobody under surveillance in Enugu now and no case of Ebola in Enugu State.
“As of August 31, 278 contacts in Lagos State have completed the 21-day surveillance and have been discharged.
“In Enugu, all the six identified contacts have completed the 21-day observation period and have been discharged,” he said
The minister said it was expected that a few more contacts could develop the Ebola virus, especially in Rivers State, before Nigeria could see the last case of the disease.
Yesterday too, it was revealed that about 60 people who might have had contact with the doctor who died of the virus in Rivers as well as the diplomat who infected him were still at large.
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| Health officials testing commuters for Ebola Virus at Abali Motor Park in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday. Photo by NAN |
Health officials have commenced testing of commuters for Ebola symptoms at certain motor parks in the state in a bid to ensure that the virus is not taken to other states.
It becomes a source of more worry if vulnerability through inter-state movement is considered.
Consider what a road journey from Port Harcourt to Lagos looks like and see the number of states that stop overs could be made.
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