Health minister Khaliru Alhassan
2 Nigerians contracted Ebola virus in
Freetown, Sierra Leone,, said the minister of state for health, Dr
Khaliru Alhassan.
According Leadership, the contaminated Nigerians are aged 27 and 22 and they are indigenes of Abia and Edo states, respectively.
The minister made this known while briefing journalists in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, adding that more details will become available in the nearest future.
Alhassan also disclosed that the two patients had been placed into the isolation centres. According to him, one person has been successfully cured and has returned to Nigeria.
The minister advocated for strengthening of vigilance and surveillance measures at the nation borders.
The official provided that the government had trained more than 600 health workers as volunteers ready to fight Ebola outbreak in the West African countries mostly affected by the tropical virus.
The EVD continues ravaging West Africa, with the death toll having reached around 5,000.
Nigeria was officially declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (WHO) on October 20. Epidemic handling in the country was characterized as a “spectacular success story”.
Meanwhile the situation in Sierra Leone , Guinea and Liberia already poses danger of humanitarian catastrophe despite countries and individuals donating money to help the affected regions battle the epidemic.
It was reported yesterday that thousands of hungry citizens of Sierra Leone had to violate quarantine to search for food, as some areas could not be reached by aid agencies.
According Leadership, the contaminated Nigerians are aged 27 and 22 and they are indigenes of Abia and Edo states, respectively.
The minister made this known while briefing journalists in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, adding that more details will become available in the nearest future.
Alhassan also disclosed that the two patients had been placed into the isolation centres. According to him, one person has been successfully cured and has returned to Nigeria.
The minister advocated for strengthening of vigilance and surveillance measures at the nation borders.
The official provided that the government had trained more than 600 health workers as volunteers ready to fight Ebola outbreak in the West African countries mostly affected by the tropical virus.
The EVD continues ravaging West Africa, with the death toll having reached around 5,000.
Nigeria was officially declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (WHO) on October 20. Epidemic handling in the country was characterized as a “spectacular success story”.
Meanwhile the situation in Sierra Leone , Guinea and Liberia already poses danger of humanitarian catastrophe despite countries and individuals donating money to help the affected regions battle the epidemic.
It was reported yesterday that thousands of hungry citizens of Sierra Leone had to violate quarantine to search for food, as some areas could not be reached by aid agencies.
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