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MEDICAL doctor and a pharmacist who were quarantined at the Rivers State Ebola treatment centre have been discharged, having tested negative to the deadly disease. They were among the personnel who managed the late Dr. Ikechukwu Sam. Enemuo at his SamSteel Hospital in
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Port Harcourt when he became symptomatic of Ebola disease. He died penultimate Friday in another hospital. The doctor and pharmacist were his workers. They had feverish conditions as high as could suggest the disease, and were quarantined on Satur-
day alongside Enemuo’s hospital room mate at Good Hart Hospital where he died. Their test results were negative and they have been released from the centre, but the ex-Good Hart patient was not that lucky. She tested positive to the virus and is receiving treatment at the centre. Commissioner for Health
Dr. Sampson Parker, in a situation report he released yesterday in Port Harcourt, the state capital, said the late Enemuo’s sister in-law, simply identified as Chinyere, who was with him during his illness, had been admitted at the quarantine centre. She ran off to Abia State after the death of her in-law, but has
been brought back by the Ebola Emergency Operation Committee (EOC). She became feverish in Port Harcourt and was isolated. Her test result is being awaited. The Commissioner said over 200 contacts of the late Enemuo had been traced Continued on page 4
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2015: PDP divided over Jonathan’s endorsement Disquiet in Kano, Katsina, Jigawa From Blessing Olaifa, Abuja and Ahmed Rufa’I, Dutse
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RESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election campaigners have hit an obstacle, with the Northwest Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) divided over his yet unannounced ambition. An attempt to present a unanimous block support for the President in the Northwest failed on Sunday. Jigawa State – one of the states in the zoneyesterday repudiated the communiqué of the Kaduna meeting of the zonal leaders of the party, which purportedly endorsed Dr. Jonathan’s candidacy. Vice President Namadi Sambo and PDP National Chairman Adamu Mu’azu led others to the meeting. But Jigawa Governor Sule Lamido and House of Representatives Speaker Aminu
Dangerous signal from Northwest? •Analysis — Page 4 Tambuwal topped the list of PDP public officials who did not attend the meeting. The seven-page communiqué, read by Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Aminu Wali, said, among others: “Having carefully considered the steady and stable progress of our nation under the able leadership of Dr. Continued on page 4
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•Health officials screening commuters for the deadly Ebola virus at Abali Motor Park in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital…yesterday. PHOTO: NAN
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