Minister
of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole Tuesday announced the escape of a Lassa fever
patient in Ebonyi state. The patient, whose identity was not made public, it
was learnt escaped from the health facility where he was receiving treatment.
The
minister made the disclosure during the emergency meeting of National Council
on Health in Abuja, saying he just received a text that a Lassa fever patient
had escaped from a health facility in Ebonyi while undergoing treatment.
He
urged relevant agency and the state government to do everything possible to
trace the patient and those who might have had contact with him.
The
minister also inaugurated the 15 member Lassa fever eradication committee, to
address the outbreak of the disease and other communicable disease in the
country.
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