Nigerian Govt. To Punish ECOWAS Diplomat Who Escaped Ebola Quarantine Surveillance

Nigerian Government officials are looking at punishing the diplomat who left the Ebola isolation centre in Lagos against being warned not to and travelled to Port Harcourt where he received private medical attention that also led to the death of the doctor and has put several others in danger.

The diplomat, Olubukun Koye, a staff of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, recovered after the treatment. But the doctor who treated him, Ikechukwu Enemuo contracted the virus and died; and the Mr. Enemuo’s wife, also a doctor, is currently down with the deadly virus. On Thursday, a senior health official was quoted by Reuters as saying Nigeria is currently monitoring nearly 400 people for signs of Ebola after they came in contact with Mr. Enemuo. Dr. Abdulsalami Nasidi, project director at Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, said there was a sense of “hopelessness” due to the lack of proven drugs or vaccines to treat Ebola that has infected 18 people in Africa’s most populous nation, Reuters reported.

What our quarantine law provides is too old, it came from the colonial period and I do know that in the National Assembly, there are attempts currently to see how to amend that law and make it to be up-to- date,” he said. “We are looking at what it provides even in terms of possible prosecution,” the minister added. He said the government is also considering the Mr. Koye’s state of mind to have decided to imperil others when he knew he was a primary contact of Mr. Sawyer’s. “We also have the psycho-social team, which is part of the management team for this Ebola virus disease. You know sometimes we assume everyone is normal so we are looking at other aspects,” he said. “Were there any problems with this man because at the time he did it Patrick Sawyer was dead so he knew the dangers and so we need to affirm a decision but he’s still with us” he said.” In Port Harcourt, Mr. Koye received treatment secretly from the late doctor at a hotel. The hotel workers and staff of Mr. Enemuo’s hospital are amongst those isolated.

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