Federal Government has intensified nationwide Ebola surveillance, contact tracing and state mobilisation to stop additional unfold following the affirmation of an imported case in Abuja.
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, disclosed this on Thursday whereas briefing journalists on the result of the National Economic Council assembly held on the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Professor Pate reassured Nigerians that there isn’t a trigger for panic, however burdened the necessity for vigilance and warning.
“Nigeria nonetheless has just one confirmed case, an imported an infection recorded in Abuja, with 44 contacts at the moment beneath monitoring as authorities work to include the risk”, he confirmed.
According to him, the federal government is strengthening coordination with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, the World Health Organisation, WHO, and the Africa CDC, whereas mobilising states and well being services for speedy detection and response to suspected instances.
The Minister urged Nigerians to stay calm, keep away from spreading misinformation and adjust to public well being advisories, together with sustaining good hygiene and promptly reporting suspected signs.
He added that routine every day actions ought to proceed in step with official steering, whereas residents stay alert and cling to additional public well being directives which may be issued.
Pate stated as surveillance and phone tracing proceed, authorities’s precedence stays containing the imported case and stopping additional transmission.
He emphasised that the important thing message to Nigerians is to not panic, however to remain vigilant.
