The contact tracing team has identified 178 persons who had contact with the late Dr. Iyke Enemuo ,Rivers State Commissioner for Health Dr. Tamunoiyoriari Parker has said
The commissioner stated this during his daily media briefing to keep the public abreast with efforts of stake holders to tackle the Ebola Scourge in Port Harcourt, South South Nigeria.
According to him 50 out of this number have high risk exposure, stating that three persons have been moved to the Isolation centre in Eduoha, while late Dr. Enemuo wife who was earlier moved to Lagos is stable and responding to treatment.
According to a statement by Owupele Benebo his Press Officer, Dr. Parker said the UPTH Mortuary, Samstel Clinic, Mandate Hotel, Green Heart Hospital and Dr. Iyke Enemuo’s residence have all been decontaminated said people should not shy away from these places because they are safe now safe as a result of the decontamination.
He frowned against stigmatization of people who have contracted the virus because it is not a death sentence, “all the people who presented themselves early for treatment in Lagos have all survived” the commissioner said.
Parker warned church leaders and other religious organizations to desist from turning their back yards to hospital wards where they lay hands on people for spiritual healing, insisting that all febrile illnesses must be reported for investigation and prompt intervention.
He said the burial of all corpses which were deposited at the UPTH morgue at the same period with the late Enemuo must be carried out under the supervision of the State Ministry of Health, while movement of corpses around the state must be done with clearance from the Ministry.
