Ebola Patient Arrives Safely In Switzerland, Husband Isolated

The Nigerian Ebola index affected person and her husband have arrived safely in Switzerland, the place she is receiving medical care at Geneva University Hospitals, whereas her partner has been positioned in isolation on the University Hospital Zurich.

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, disclosed this by way of his X deal with on Monday, following affirmation from Swiss authorities that the medical evacuation was accomplished efficiently.

Pate mentioned Switzerland had expressed appreciation for the care supplied by Nigerian well being professionals and the cooperation between each nations and the World Health Organisation (WHO) that facilitated the evacuation.

According to the minister, Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider conveyed Switzerland’s appreciation throughout a phone dialog with him.

He thanked the medical and public well being groups in Nigeria and Switzerland, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health and WHO Nigeria for his or her collaboration.

Pate additionally wished the affected person a continued restoration.

Despite the profitable evacuation, the minister mentioned Nigeria’s public well being response remained ongoing, with contact monitoring, investigation of alerts and different containment measures persevering with.

He added that the response was receiving help from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the WHO Regional Office for Africa.

The minister mentioned NCDC and the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare would proceed to offer common updates on the outbreak.

Nigeria’s well being authorities have maintained that surveillance and phone tracing should proceed to stop additional transmission and set up the circumstances required for the outbreak to be declared over.