Just a few weeks after the deadly Ebola epidemic hit
Lagos, top online shopping company: Kaymu.com.ng reports rise in purchase of sanitary
supplies by Lagosians.
Following the demise of Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian
born American who arrived at the Murtala Mohammed Airport Lagos on July 20 and
died five days later, the awareness about the fatal virus has spread like wild
fire.
According to a statement released by Kaymu, online
search for hand sanitizer on the platform has increased by 130% in the past
week and sales of hand washes and lotions have increased
significantly.
Managing Director of Kaymu Nigeria, Evangeline
Wiles, stated, “It is very encouraging to see that
Lagosians are taking the news of this outbreak seriously. Lagosians
and Nigerians in general are advised to take to the precautionary
measures communicated by health officials, such as frequently washing
hands, to ensure the virus is contained and possibly eradicated.”
The Ebola virus is primarily transmitted
through contact with body fluids of infected persons, with the skin and
mucous membranes being the main routes of entry. As a result the public is
cautioned to sanitize their hands and immediate surroundings as often as
possible.
Meanwhile supermarkets in the Lekki area of Lagos State
have recorded massive sale of hand sanitizers so much so that the demand far
outweighs the supply.
According to the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi
Chukwu, one of the doctors that treated Sawyer, the casualty of the first
recorded case of Ebola in the country, had contracted the virus, while another
is showing symptoms and about seven other persons who came into contact with
Sawyer, and had developed the Ebola symptoms, had been quarantined while 70
others were under surveillance.
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