The Kano State Government says it has skilled health workers and put measures in place to reply to a possible Ebola outbreak, urging residents to stay alert and take precautions towards the illness.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, disclosed this in Kano on Friday.
“We already have an existing response and preparedness mechanism on the ground, even before Ebola comes to Nigeria,” Yusuf mentioned.
He defined that Kano’s place as a serious industrial centre, which attracts folks from totally different elements of the world, makes it obligatory for the state to keep up sturdy illness surveillance and emergency response programs.
“Kano is an international commercial centre where different people come every day for trade, so we have to remain prepared,” he mentioned.
The commissioner mentioned the federal government had strengthened monitoring at key entry factors, together with the worldwide airport, bus stations, main highways and border areas, to assist determine and stop the possible entry and unfold of Ebola.
He added that health workers had already acquired coaching on how one can deal with suspected instances and reply to public health emergencies.
According to him, the Kano State Centre for Disease Control, KNCDC, has the services and response programs wanted to handle suspected instances if the necessity arises.
“We have the KNCDC and facilities for managing such cases, even though we pray and hope that we will not have any victim,” he mentioned.
Yusuf urged residents to watch out in crowded locations, particularly areas that obtain travellers and guests from totally different areas.
He additionally careworn the significance of private hygiene, notably common handwashing and using hand sanitiser after bodily contact with different folks.
Yusuf assured residents that the federal government would proceed to watch public health threats and strengthen its emergency response measures to guard folks throughout the state.
