Onwuzurike said that 12 samples had been collected and tested for possible detection with four testing positive to the dreaded disease. “He was being managed for blood-sugar derangement and has been on self-medication for malaria and typhoid fever before his death. “We urge indigenes of the state not to panic because the outbreak is an isolated one and not an epidemic as erroneously being speculated. “The state government has intervened tremendously by providing needed resources and logistics such as drugs needed for its treatment. Umezurike said that the ministry was in collaboration with the FETHA management and relevant health stakeholders in the state, assuring the people that the situation was under control.

Source: The Guardian January 15, 2018 16:41 UTC