BREAKING! Ebola Scare in Calabar; One Dead, Hospital Partly Shut

PALPABLE fear has gripped workers and pa­tients of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) in Calabar, Cross River State over a suspect­ed case of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Although management of the hospital denied the development, it, neverthe­less, shut down the Acci­dent and Emergency ward after the Ebola virus scare hit the health institution yesterday. Investigation by Daily Sun revealed that the scare was induced by the death of a patient, who was brought in from nearby Akpabuyo community in Akpabuyo Local Govern­ment Area of the state for treatment on Tuesday eve­ning, but reportedly died at about 2 a.m. yesterday, of symptoms related to the deadly virus. The patient, whose identity could not be as­certained as at press time, was said to have vomited so much blood and bled from other sensitive parts of his body.