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“She was subsequently admitted to a private hospital in the FCT, where she received medical care for several days before her diagnosis was confirmed; the patient is currently in isolation and receiving treatment.”
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Enugu’s position as a travel and commercial hub, particularly through the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, made heightened surveillance necessary
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“We are facing a more complex outbreak landscape. Nigeria has confirmed an imported case of Ebola virus disease,” Mohamed Janabi, the regional director for WHO in Africa, told an online media briefing.
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He said, “I can tell you, if this outbreak was in Western countries, vaccine will already be available. Why this vaccine today is not available? Because some of our partners decided to consider this issue as an African issue, they were not interested.”
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The Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN), Kaduna State Branch, has advised political parties to campaign virtually to minimise physical contact amid the Ebola outbreak.
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The United Nations has expressed confidence in Nigeria’s capacity to contain its newly confirmed Ebola case, pledging support to prevent further spread of the deadly disease.
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She has since been transferred to a designated isolation facility where she is currently receiving treatment
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The patient landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, aboard Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET333.
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The Federal Government has said it is collaborating with Uganda to contain the risk of an Ebola outbreak, assuring Nigerians that public health authorities are coordinating response measures.
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According to the Senate, this will also involve a temperature check and symptom screening, with enhanced screening for anyone who has been in or transited an affected area in the past 21 days, regardless of nationality or county of departure, and introduce exit screening for departing passengers during any declared emergency.
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