NCDC Clears Two Suspected Ebola Cases in Adamawa as Laboratory Tests Return Negative.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed that two individuals suspected of contracting Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Adamawa State have tested negative following two rounds of laboratory investigations.
The development has eased concerns about a possible spread of the disease to Nigeria’s North East, following the identification of the suspected cases in Yola, Adamawa State.
In a statement issued on Saturday, October 31, the NCDC Director General, Dr Jide Idris, disclosed that the Adamawa State Public Health Emergency Operations Centre received a report in the early hours of October 30 concerning two individuals presenting symptoms suggestive of Ebola.
According to the agency, both individuals were immediately isolated while health authorities activated precautionary public health measures, identified potential contacts and collected samples for laboratory investigations.
Idris subsequently confirmed that the samples tested negative for Ebola after two rounds of testing, establishing that neither of the two suspected cases had laboratory confirmed infection.
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