Six people who had contact with Nigeria’s confirmed Ebola patient are expected to leave a quarantine facility on Sunday after completing the mandatory 21-day monitoring period without developing symptoms of the deadly viral disease.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) disclosed this on Saturday, saying the six individuals had remained symptom-free throughout their period of observation.
The Incident Manager for Ebola at the NCDC, Dr Odianosen Ehiakhamen, made this known while speaking on NTA News.
Ehiakhamen said the six individuals included two domestic workers and the driver of the index case, adding that they had spent 21 days at the quarantine facility without showing signs of Ebola Virus Disease.
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