Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said all the
patients who had tested positive to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) are in
stable conditions and responding to treatment.
Fashola disclosed this on Monday at a meeting with traditional rulers
and religious leaders at the State House, Ikeja, Lagos, saying five of
the victims specifically had greatly improved.
“We now have 10 persons in isolation that are receiving treatment and
eight of them have been confirmed positive to Ebola Virus Disease.
“We are still waiting for the result of the remaining two persons.
All of them are stable, which means that they are not deteriorating.
Five of them have really improved. This means they are fighting back. It
confirms that Ebola is not automatic death sentence if we do the right
thing at the right time. We should talk to our people,” he told the
traditional rulers and religious leaders.
Fashola said dealing with them might take “two weeks. It may take
four weeks. It may take two months. It may take eight months. If we can
find all the contacts, we are in control. Now, it is now a question of
treatment and survival of those who we have isolated. If you look at
what we have now, only one case has resulted in the infection of ten
persons.”