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A Lagos doctor who treated the Liberian man that died few
days ago of Ebola Virus has tested positive to the Virus, Nigeria’s Minister of
Health said on Monday.
The minister broke the news on Monday during the
inauguration of a treatment research group for Ebola in Nigeria .
According to the Minister, 70 people are now placed under
surveillance while eight people would be quarantined on Monday for developing
symptoms of the disease.
Apart from taking those steps, the government has also set
up a treatment research group, that will carry out treatment research, receive
and verify treatment claims as well as advise government on issues relating to
Ebola virus in Nigeria.
The group which is co-chaired by Professor Shingu Gamaliel
and Professor Innocent Ujah also has Maurice Iwu, a Professor of Pharmacognosy
and officials from the Centre for Disease Control as members.
The minister advised the public to be wary of treatment
claims including the use of bitter-cola as most treatment findings are still in
their laboratory stages.
There is currently no known cure for Ebola virus in the
world, but medical experts say efforts are on to find a remedy to the disease
that has claimed over seven hundred since its out-break this year.
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