outbreak in Nigeria a matter of national Emergency,
adding that everyone is now at risk of being infected.
Speaking with State House correspondence at the
end of today's Federal Executive Council meeting,
the Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu said
the Nigerian government has written to the Director
of the United State Centre for Disease Control to
request for the release of some of the unapproved
Zmapp drug which has proven to be useful in the
treatment of the Ebola disease. He said the Federal
government awaits a response from the United state
government and hopeful if the drugs are released,
they could be used to treat the confirmed cases of
the Ebola virus disease in Nigeria. Continue...
The Minister advised Nigerians to avoid handshake
as much as possible, stating that the virus is both
contagious and infectious. He also said the virus
could also be contacted through the sharing of
bedspreads, pillow cases and towels among other
personal effects with infected person. He said the
disease is not airborne but at close range of a 1meter
from an infected person, the disease droplets can be
transmitted.
The Minister also revealed that Isolation tent for each
confirmed case cost the government as much as
N20million. As regards the corpse of a Nigerian
brought in from Liberia last week into Anambra state
which caused Ebola scare in the state, the Minister
said thorough examination on the corpse showed the
man did not die of the deadly disease.
As part of strategies to rise to the national
emergency, Chukwu said a website,
www.ebolaalert.org, has been designed to offer
information on the virus.
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