Prof. Abdusalam Nasidi, National Coordinator, Centre for
Disease Control, on Tuesday said Nigeria had taken adequate measures to contain
the resurgence of Ebola Virus Disease in the country. Nasidi disclosed this in
an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in
Abuja. According to him, the measures are in response to the recent resurgence
of the disease in neighboring Liberia which had earlier been certified
Ebola-free by the World Health Organization. Nasidi said screening had been
intensified at strategic entries in the country, with the establishment of a
rapid respond team and an emergency response centre, at the federal level. He
said, “There are automatic temperature scanning cameras mounted at strategic
places which take one’s temperature and other parameters.“If it indicates a
high temperature, such an individual would be apprehended and taken into
isolation immediately.“With this level of preparedness, I don’t think that the
diseases can take us by surprise anymore.”Nasidi further said that CDC had been
working with various scientists from Germany, Guinea and other counties to
discover other possible causes and the prevention of Ebola. He said the CDC had
organized training for medical personnel and volunteers, adding that some of
the programs were still ongoing in various states in the country. He said
during the outbreak of Ebola in Liberia in 2014, 211 Nigerian experts were sent
to that country and Sierra-Leone, as part of African support to Ebola in West
Africa.“We were able to assist the countries to reactivate health care services
which led to a drastic reduction of the epidemic before its resurgence,’’ he
said. Nasidi said in order to fully contain the disease, the National
Orientation Agency had been involved in educating people in various languages,
mostly on the danger of consuming bush meat. He warned that the consumption of
bat meat remained the main source of picking up the virus.
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