The Rivers State Government has said the sister to the late Dr. Iyke Samuel Enemuo, Chinyere, who fled to Abia State after her brother died of the Ebola virus, has returned to Port Harcourt and has developed symptoms of the disease.
Briefing journalists on the efforts by the Rivers State Government to combat the spread of the virus in Nigeria’s oil hub, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sampson Parker, also disclosed that the corpse of the late Enemuo would be buried this week in Port Harcourt “in accordance with World Health Organisation (WHO) protocol”.
He said Chinyere had been quarantined at the isolation centre at Oduoha in Emuoha Local Government Area of the state.
“She (Chinyere) earlier ran to Abia State apparently because of the stigma which people arrogate to the Ebola virus. We were able to trace her with the help of our brother commissioner in Abia State. She developed feverish symptoms and she has been admitted at the isolation unit at Oduoha for observation and treatment.
“She is among the 50 high-risk contacts on our list. We decided to take her to the isolation unit to make assurance surer. We are currently running a test on her and the result will be out by Tuesday (today) or thereabouts. We chose to isolate her because we don’t want to go through the same experience we had with the diplomat, Olubukun Koye,” he stated.
The commissioner commended Chinyere for summoning the courage to come out from hiding, but said: “The major problem we are having is that some of the primary and secondary contacts are hiding. We are grateful to the operatives from the Department of State Security (DSS) for assisting us in tracking them.”
On the remains of the late Enemuo, Parker said his corpse and the other corpses that were in the morgue when his remains were brought to the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, including those that were brought after his body was deposited, would be buried in Port Harcourt this week.
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