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Prof Bamitale Omole (Source:
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The vice chancellor of Obafemi
Awolowo University (OAU), Professor Bamitale Omole, has disclosed that a female
student of the institution who had contact with the late Port Harcourt-based Dr
Ikechukwu Sam Enemuo has tested negative to Ebola virus.
Prof Omole stated this in Ile-Ife
yesterday during a press briefing.
Meanwhile
another foreigner allegedly suffering from symptoms of Ebola Virus Disease
(EVD) was yesterday arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport,
Lagos.
The
late Liberian Patrick Sawyer had brought the dreaded disease to Nigeria when he
made the infamous trip to the country through the same airport.
The
woman, suspected to be infected with the dreaded Ebola virus disease was
arrested by operatives when she disembarked from an Air Morok flight.
The
unnamed woman was said to have showed signs that she might be a victim of the
virus after the virus test was conducted on her by port health officials.
But
there were conflicting reports over the nationality of the woman; some said she
is from South Africa while others claimed that she is from Liberia.
Her
arrest was confirmed to our correspondent by an airport worker who refused to
be named. According to the source, the suspected Ebola patient, a transit
passenger, has since been taken out of the airport by health workers for
further investigations.
No port health official
could be reached to confirm the story because they have been instructed not to
speak on the issue unless there is a clearance from the minister of health in
Abuja.
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