The Medical Advisory Committee of the Calabar Teaching Hospital, has called for calm among members of the public, following the recent quarantine of about 15 people including nine nurses, one doctor, four health workers and one patient, at the accident and emergency ward of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital on Wednesday, October 7th, after an Ebola Virus Disease scare in the hospital.
The ebola scare in the University Teaching Hospital resulted from the death of a patient, who was said to have manifested Ebola symptoms, the hospital authorities however said the patient might have died of any Haemorrhagic fever.
Chairman of the Committee, Dr. Queeneth Kalu, said the blood sample of the patient had been sent for testing while identified contacts had been quarantined. Dr. Kalu added that the National Centre for Disease Control, the Federal Ministry of Health, the Cross River State Government and the Department of State Services had been informed of the development.
Deputy Chairman of the Committee, Dr. Edet Ikpi, while allying fears that there was no cause for panic, said all necessary precautions as prescribed by the World Health Organisation had been taken to forestall any eventuality.
In the U.K, Pauline Cafferkey, the 39-year-old Scottish nurse who contacted the Ebola virus in 2014, while in Sierra-Leone, West Africa is currently receiving treatment in the isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital - London, where she spent weeks getting treatment for the ebola virsu earlier in 2015.
Authorities say Cafferkey recently showed sign of the Ebola virus, which is believed to be a left over from the original infection she had in 2014, and not thought to be infectious.
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