No approved vaccine for new Ebola variant yet - Health Minister Ali Pate warns

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate has said determination is nary approved vaccine oregon circumstantial attraction for the caller variant of Ebola Virus Disease presently successful Nigeria.

Pate disclosed this connected Wednesday nighttime portion speaking connected Arise Television's Prime Time.

He, however, said that regardless, doctors are trying antithetic vaccines and drugs to spot if they could help.

According to him, the Ebola lawsuit confirmed successful Abuja is the Bundibugyo strain which has nary licensed vaccine.

"Specific treatments oregon vaccines for this variant of Ebola microorganism are not yet licensed oregon approved to beryllium used.

"Regardless, determination are assorted efforts to effort antithetic types of vaccines oregon molecules to spot if they tin bring relief.

"The peculiar diligent successful Abuja has received due aesculapian care, and we are fortunate she is unchangeable astatine this moment, but thing tin alteration astatine immoderate moment," helium said.

He added that the Federal Government confirmed a lawsuit successful a pistillate who precocious arrived successful Nigeria connected an planetary formation from Uganda and is present successful isolation successful Abuja.

He said the diligent developed symptoms connected October 7 and sought attraction astatine a backstage infirmary connected October 11 earlier investigating affirmative for Ebola.