►Ebola virus tests conducted on people who had contact with the corpse brought to Nando in Anambra State from Liberia, have all proven negative.
►Anambra State government had last week quarantined workers at the mortuary the corpse was deposited, expressing fears that the deceased might have died of the dreaded Ebola virus.
►But Chat212 gathered yesterday that all the tests carried out on the workers for the virus turned out negative, even as the final report on the corpse is still being expected.
►Anambra State government had last week quarantined workers at the mortuary the corpse was deposited, expressing fears that the deceased might have died of the dreaded Ebola virus.
►But Chat212 gathered yesterday that all the tests carried out on the workers for the virus turned out negative, even as the final report on the corpse is still being expected.
This came as the annual medical mission organised by Anambra State Association in the United States of America, ASA –USA, at Nando , where the deceased hails, and Nkwele Ezunaka, where the mortuary the corpse was deposited is located, has suffered a setback as the team has refused to work there for fear of the dreaded disease.
A reliable source told Chat212 that the deceased died in an auto crash in Liberia, an information which was not initially made available to the authorities.
Meanwhile, President of ASA-USA, Professor Allison Anadi, who is head of the team of medical experts, told newsmen at Enugu-Ukwu Civic centre where the medical team was attending to people, that his team would not visit the two communities which were earlier among places to carry out this year’s exercise because of the rumour of victims of Ebola virus in the areas.
Anadi said: “To be on a safe side, members of my executive have decided to stay away from those areas until the rumour about the spread of Ebola virus is investigated and cleared by the government.”
He pledged the commitment of his association to carry out research towards tackling the Ebola virus to ensure that it did not ravage the people of the state.
Anadi, however, said that the most prevalent health challenges among the people of the state, going by their record since they started the medical mission about 12 years ago, included vision problem, diabetics and hypertension.
He added that within the period, the medical team had visited about 90 of the 178 communities in the state and had attended to over 900,000 people.
Anadi noted that due to limited resources in the state, including medical facilities, funds and manpower, his association considered it imperative to assist the government with the annual medical services to the people
