Five new suspected Ebola cases in Lagos –LASG

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.