We’ve traced 53 Ebola contacts, to pay each N100,000 weekly – NCDC

Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) traced 53 people who had contact with an Ebola patient in the Federal Capital Territory. They include 47 health workers at the hospital where she was treated, as well as her husband, driver, chef and three emergency-room health workers. NCDC Director-General Jide Idris said each person in quarantine would receive 100,000 naira per week and be monitored for 21 days, while secondary contacts would also be traced. A suspected case in Rivers State tested negative, and the patient’s condition improved markedly after multiple-organ failure.