Joseph Bakare
The Federal Government has advised Nigerians to disregard a messages circulating on social media that there was a positive case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Nigeria.
The government explained that recent preliminary risk assessment conducted by the Nigeria Ebola Preparedness team, coordinated by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) indicated that overall risk of importation of EVD to Nigeria from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda is extremely low.
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Abdullaziz Mashi Abdullahi, said in a statement released in Abuja, Wednesday, that, notwithstanding, government was not resting on its oars; in view of the trading activities of Nigerians with other affected countries.
He said: “Since the reports of outbreak of EVD in the Democratic Republic of Congo, heightened surveillance had been on-going at the various points of entry by officials of the Port Health Services division of the Ministry to prevent importation into Nigeria.
“Sick passengers have been properly screened and I can say categorically that no screened patients tested positive for Ebola or any deadly disease.”
The Federal Government has described as false, a messages circulating on social media that there was a positive case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Nigeria.
The government urged Nigerians to disregard the information, and explained that recent preliminary risk assessment conducted by the Nigeria Ebola Preparedness team, coordinated by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) indicated that overall risk of importation of EVD to Nigeria from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda is extremely low.
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Abdullaziz Mashi Abdullahi, said in a statement released in Abuja, Wednesday, that, notwithstanding, government was not resting on its oars; in view of the trading activities of Nigerians with other affected countries.
He said: “Since the reports of outbreak of EVD in the Democratic Republic of Congo, heightened surveillance had been on-going at the various points of entry by officials of the Port Health Services division of the Ministry to prevent importation into Nigeria.
“Sick passengers have been properly screened and I can say categorically that no screened patients tested positive for Ebola or any deadly disease.”