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Nigeria: Port Harcourt Doctor Dies of Ebola
Daily Trust, 29 August 2014
A doctor in Port Harcourt has died of the Ebola disease and about 100 people placed under surveillance, federal and River state officials announced at separate events yesterday. Read more »
Another Doctor Succumbs to Ebola in Nigeria
Dr. Ike Samuel Enemua, the healthcare professional who treated a diplomat who contracted Ebola from Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer, has died in Port Harcourt.
Ebola infections can only be diagnosed definitively in a laboratory using five different tests. A blood sample is taken and the laboratory determines the result within a few hours.
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Nigeria: Ebola - FG Confirms Medical Doctor's Death in Port Harcourt, 70 Persons Quarantined
This Day, 28 August 2014
Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu Ernest Chinwo and Paul Obi The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, Thursday confirmed the death of a medical doctor, Dr. Ike Samuel Enemua, in Port… Read more »
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Nigeria: Ebola Kills Doctor in Port Harcourt
Guardian, 28 August 2014
At a time when most Nigerians are relieved that the country has only one confirmed case of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), a new death and 70 suspected cases were Thursday… Read more »
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Nigeria: Ebola Spreads to Oil Hub Port Harcourt
Independent (Lagos), 28 August 2014
Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola death outside Lagos - a doctor in the oil hub of Port Harcourt. Read more »
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Nigeria: Setback in EVD War - Ebola Hits P-Harcourt, One Dies, 100 Isolated
Vanguard, 29 August 2014
ABUJA--The battle to contain the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in Nigeria suffered a setback, yesterday, as the virus evaded a surveillance team in Lagos and claimed its… Read more »
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Nigeria: Amaechi Urges Calm As Rivers Confirms First Ebola Death
This Day, 29 August 2014
Following the confirmation of the death of a victim, Dr. Ike Samuel Enemuo, of the Ebola virus in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the state governor, Chibuike Amaechi, has urged the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Rivers Official Confirms Suspected Ebola Death in Port Harcourt
Premium Times, 28 August 2014
A highly placed official of the Rivers state Government has confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES that a suspected case of the Ebola Virus Disease has been detected in Port Harcourt, the… Read more »
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Nigeria: Another Doctor Dies of Ebola in Port Harcourt
Independent (Lagos), 28 August 2014
Another victim of killer Ebola virus disease (EVD) has died in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. Read more »
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Nigeria: Rivers Confirms Case of Ebola Death in PH
Vanguard, 28 August 2014
Commissioner of Health, Dr Sampson Parker who broke the news Thursday in Port Harcourt said the late Dr Iyke Sam Enemuo died Friday last week from suspected Ebola virus, adding… Read more »
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Nigeria: Ebola - Nigeria Confirms Death of Another Doctor - First in Rivers State
Premium Times, 28 August 2014
The Federal Government, Thursday, confirmed that the doctor that died in a hospital in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, died of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD. Read more »
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Nigeria: Rivers Doctor Dies of Ebola
Guardian, 28 August 2014
THE enormity of the Ebola outbreak now pervades Port Harcourt following the death of a medical doctor, Ike Sam Enemuo, who allegedly contacted the virus from an Ebola patient he… Read more »
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Nigeria: Ebola - Rivers Places 100 Quarantined Persons On 24-Hour Surveillance
Leadership, 29 August 2014
The Rivers State Ministry of Health has placed about 100 persons who had contact with the late Dr Ike Sam Enemua under 24-hour surveillance for possible symptoms of Ebola virus… Read more »
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Nigeria: Ebola Kills Another Doctor, Wife Quarantine
Vanguard, 28 August 2014
Efforts by the Nigerian Government to contain the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, imported into the country by American - Liberian, late Patrick Sawyer Thursday took a dramatic… Read more »
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Nigeria: Ebola - Rivers State Records First Suspected Case
Guardian, 27 August 2014
RIVERS State Government Wednesday said it is investigating a possible first Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)-related death, which occurred in a private hospital in Port Harcourt. Read more »
InFocus
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The government has warned that the country is still at risk of a further spread of Ebola, despite the successful containment efforts made. Read more »
