University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH,
has quarantined ten persons following the death of a patient in the
hospital on Wednesday with symptoms suspected to be Ebola virus.
Dr. Queeneth Kalu, Chairman of Medical Advisory
Committee of the hospital who made the revelation on Thursday in Calabar
while addressing pressmen said blood samples have been sent to the
Ebola Diagnosing Centre in Benin Edo State.
Dr. Kalu stated that those quarantined are
principally nurses who attended to the patient and those who came in
contact with him before his death.
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