Possible Case of Ebola in Calabar, One Dead

The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital has shut down its Accident and Emergency Ward following an Ebola Virus scare.

The scare was occasioned by a patient's death at about 2pm on Wednesday, after symptoms related to the deadly EVD manifested before he gave up the
ghost.

It was learnt that the patient was brought in from Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State on Tuesday with high body temperature while vomiting, stooling and bleeding from the nose before giving up the ghost.

The Chairman of Medical Advisory Committee, who also doubles as the Deputy Chief Medical Director of UCTH, Dr. Queenet Kalu, confirmed the scare, but said the patient was suspected to have died of Haemorrhagic fever.

“Yes, we had a patient that was suspected to have died of Haemorrhagic fever but it does not call for panic as everything is under control. There is no need for the public to be scared of EVD as it is not confirmed,” kalu said.

Ebola in Nigeria again? Dear Lord, we have no Minister for Health, no Minister for Information to coordinate responses to this Ebola scare. Jesus take the wheel.