Ebola Outbreak

August 27, 2014

‘No Ebola patient in Rivers yet’

‘No Ebola patient in Rivers yet’

A file photo taken on June 28, 2014 shows a member of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) putting on protective gear at the isolation ward of the Donka Hospital in Conakry, where people infected with the Ebola virus are being treated. Guinea announced on August 9, 2014 it was closing its land borders with Liberia, Sierra Leone over Ebola fears. AFP PHOTO

RIVERS State Commissioner of Health, Dr Sampson Parker has dismissed as untrue, allegation that the state had recorded its first case of Ebola victim.

Meanwhile, Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, has cautioned parents to be mindful of the movement of their children during the holidays, particularly in  places plagued by the Ebola Virus Disease.

Muoboghare, who spoke in Asaba, noted that he was sending his officials to field to monitor strict compliance with the directive by the Federal Ministry of Education that ordered the immediate closure of all summer holiday lessons.