A 19 year man exhibiting symptoms similar to that of Ebola has been admitted at the Almadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria Kaduna state.
Kaduna State Commissioner for Health, Dr Thot Dogo, who confirmed newsmen today in Kaduna, said the hospital authorities alerted the ministry when they suspected that the man, who is an undergraduate of ABU, Zaria started showing some signs of Ebola symptoms like high fever and rashes on his body after over a week he was admitted at the hospital.
Dogo said the blood sample of the patient has been taken to a laboratory in Lagos for tests.
According to him, the outcome of the laboratory result would determine further actions.
He noted that the state government has provided the hospital management with protective equipment for its team of medical personnel attending to the patient.
