Ebola-infected diplomat in Nigeria suffers multiple organ failure
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Businessday
The diplomat infected with Ebola in Nigeria is now suffering multiple organ failure, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. Tests confirmed the Bundibugyo strain and the patient remains isolated at a health facility in the Federal Capital Territory, while 44 contacts are being monitored.
The condition of the diplomat infected with the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in Nigeria has worsened and is progressing towards multiple organ failure, according to an official at an emergency meeting in Abuja. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) confirmed the strain following molecular tests, public health laboratory services director Olajumoke Babatunde said on Wednesday.
The patient is a woman who recently arrived from Uganda on an international flight. She was treated for several days at a private hospital in the Federal Capital Territory before the infection was confirmed, and was then placed in isolation, according to the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate. Authorities had identified 44 people who had been in close contact with her and begun monitoring them.
The federal government and the NCDC are coordinating the response with health services in the Federal Capital Territory. The case was confirmed the day before the diplomat’s worsening condition was announced. Nigeria’s first case of the Bundibugyo strain was reported on 21 October, after the identification of the 44 contacts to be monitored.
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