The
scare of the Ebola virus is gradually hitting home not with the
alleged death of the Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian official of the
Ministry of Finance, who was on Thursday receiving treatment for what
was suspected to be Ebola virus.
Patrick
was said to have died on Thursday night at the First Consultant
Medical Centre, Obalende.
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If
this news is true, then Nigeria has officially joined the African
nations who have recorded death from the dreaded Ebola Virus and that
is indeed a sad thing. The Ebola virus is one of the deadliest virus
ever known to man with virtually no known cure. The only remedy is to
isolate the patient and hope the curtail of drugs administered to
him/her works but in most cases the result have be terminal as Ebola has one of the highest fatality rate of 90%
So
it is best to adhere to the simple advice given and not to catch the
disease at all.
Keep
personal and environmental hygiene and if you notice any strange
feeling or symptoms similar to those of Ebola virus; fever, headache,
diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, sore throat and joint pains, which are
also symptoms of other ailments, visit the nearest competent health
facilities.
Where
such facilities don't exist, call the following numbers please.
08023169485. 08033065303, 08033086660, 08055281442, 08055329229
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