Following series of activities hovering round the treatment of the very first confirmed Ebola diagonised patient on the U.S soil, sources revealed that Eric Duncan couldnot survive the deadly disease. Eric Duncan who was before his death was being treated with experimental drug while in Isolation died this morning 8th Oct. 2014. In a statement by the President of the United States of America ( Barack Ibama ), Ebola is an urgent global crisis that demands an urgent global response Eric Duncan who was a taxi driver before his death fell ill but was reportedly given antibiotics on visits to the hospital few days after his arrival from Liberia before testing positive to the disease. Nonetheless, the U.S had since designed more stringent measures to stop continous spread of the disease starting from tthe arrival points at the airports. It was also revealed that the U.S has sent medical experts to Nigeria to study how the country was able to contain the Ebola deadly disease. This was made known in a statement on tuesday by Tom Frieden the director of the U.S Center for Disease Control and prevention LESSONS FROM NIGERIA Nigerias first case of Ebola was imported by the Liberian Patrick Sawyer on 20th July 2014 whom through him 72 other passengers were exposed to the disease. Nigerias health Officials quickly gave notifications and track everybody who may have been in contact with the Liberian Patrick Sawyer. Nigeria also establised an Ebola incidence Management center to handle potential outbreak and developed plans on mobilisation strategies . The question now is " has Ebola come to stay? |
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
U.S "CONFIRMED" EBOLA PATIENT IS DEAD
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