This followed the death of an infant at the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, and the infection of the medical doctor who attended to him. The state Commissioner for Health, Haruna Saka, confirmed the incident to The Guardian in a telephone interview. He said a team set up by the state to curtail the spread has been doing everything possible to check the spread. The commissioner said the medical workers on duty at the FMC Lokoja, have been placed on red alert to trace the baby and the doctor’s line of contacts. He said: “We need to prevent the spread beyond the health workers their families and the baby’s line of contacts.

Source: The Guardian January 22, 2018 04:07 UTC