As Nigerians continued to mourn Dr.
Stella Adadevoh on Wednesday, another sad news broke on Wednesday
that five fresh suspected cases of Ebola Virus Disease had been
reported in Lagos State.
The state Commsioner for Health, Dr.
Jide Idris, who announced this shortly after the Federal Government
gave an indication that it might immortalise Adadevoh, said another
Liberian was among the new suspected cases. Continue..
Adadevoh, the first confirmed Nigerian to be diagnosed with the EVD , died on Tuesday evening.
She contracted the disease while
treating the index case, Mr, Patrick Sawyer, at the First Consultants
Medical Centre, Lagos where she served as the Lead Consultant.
Before her death, Adadevoh was one of the three patients that were left at the Lagos isolation centre as of Monday.
Idris, who addressed journalists in
Alausa, Ikeja, said before the five fresh cases were brought in, the
Lagos isolation centre had two suspected Ebola patients.
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