Many people are still wondering how
the Lagos State government manage to crush the Ebola virus within such a short
period. In fact, stunned by the entrance of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, into
America, the United States’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention has
despatched its personnel to study how Nigeria was able to contain the highly
dreaded disease.
A man from West Africa has been
diagnosed with Ebola in Texas, US, and their is panic in the city.
A statement released by US CDC Director, Tom Frieden, said
“it’s clear the nation needs a quick and thorough response to its first Ebola
patient”
He said Nigeria’s “extensive
response to a single case of Ebola shows that control is possible with rapid,
focused interventions.”
Apart from Nigeria, the US will also
visit Senegal to study its model.
Senegal has had no new reported
cases of Ebola since Sept. 18 while Nigeria has not reported new ones since
August 31,
Frieden said “the best practices in
Nigeria and Senegal suggest the U.S. should monitor all individuals who may
have been exposed to Ebola and establish a dedicated management and response
system.”
US health officials are expected in Nigeria which it
claimed had the best practices in combating Ebola Virus disease which entered
into the country through late Patrick Sawyer.
How Nigeria stopped the spread of
Ebola
According to US CDC, “Nigeria’s first reported case of Ebola surfaced July 20, when Patrick Sawyer landed in Lagos from Liberia and exposed 72 other passengers to the virus. Nigeria’s Health officials quickly issued notifications and tracked everybody who may have been in contact with Sawyer.
According to US CDC, “Nigeria’s first reported case of Ebola surfaced July 20, when Patrick Sawyer landed in Lagos from Liberia and exposed 72 other passengers to the virus. Nigeria’s Health officials quickly issued notifications and tracked everybody who may have been in contact with Sawyer.
“Nigeria also established an Ebola
Incident Management Center to handle the potential outbreak and developed a
staffing plan that executed a social mobilization strategy that reached more
than 26,000 households of people living around the contacts of Ebola patients.”
Panic in America
The man who imported Ebola into US had travelled to Liberia without informing the authorities and did not disclose the nature of his ailment to the nurse that attended to him. Reports from Texas yesterday said that the Nurse who attended to the man has also taken ill for Ebola in Texas.
The man who imported Ebola into US had travelled to Liberia without informing the authorities and did not disclose the nature of his ailment to the nurse that attended to him. Reports from Texas yesterday said that the Nurse who attended to the man has also taken ill for Ebola in Texas.
A spokesman for Texas Health
Presbyterian said the patient had walked into a Dallas emergency room on
September 26, without knowing that he contacted the deadly virus and left after
he was treated. He then returned to the facility on September 28 where it was
determined he likely had Ebola and was isolated. He tested positive Tuesday,
health officials said.
Following lapse on the part of the
hospital officials, questions are being asked amid panic across US.
The deadly virus has so far killed
more than 3,000 people in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.
with Agency reports
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