Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu,The Minister of Health, announced the closure of the hospital in Ikeja, Lagos, after a meeting with Gov. Babatunde Fashola at the Government House.
Chukwu said that the closure of the facility was part of government's measures to contain the spread of the virus in the country.
Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu said that the hospital would remain shut until it had been verified that it was safe for use.
" we shut the hospital and we are verifying it. it was the same thing we did to First Consultant Hospital where the Liberian with the ailment was admitted.
"closed of the hospital would enable officials to have full access to the facility, verify and re-open,” he said.
He said that the blood samples of the suspected patient had been obtained and that the results of test would be out on Saturday.
he urged people not to panic about the ailment and advised them to take necessary precautions to stop the spread.
Onyebuchi cautioned against the use of gloves as a precaution to the spread of the virus, saying that the it could be counter-productive.
"you should not wear gloves because it is counterproductive unless all of us are wearing gloves. If I am wearing and you are not wearing, you are infected and you will take it home and your family will be infected too,” Onyebuchi said.
The minister said that government had stepped up operations to stop the spread of the virus at the border posts by procuring more thermal hand scanners.
He urged Nigerians to have the habit of regular hand washing, he that where there is no water, hand sanitizers should be used and in case there is no soap, water,bleach or alchohol could also be used.
Chukwu stated that the FG was working with the state governments on a number of measures to stop the the spread of the virus.
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On ban on corpses into the country, Onyebuchi said that Nigerians with corpses that had full certification of death or causes of death could apply for waiver.
According to me, waiver will be grant to the person once the corpse is certified to have died of other causes other than Ebola
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