Stunned by the entrance of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, into
America, the United States’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention has
despatched its personnel to study how Nigeria contained the killer disease.
The US reported on Tuesday that it has discovered a case of
EVD in Dallas, Texas, but its health officials said “the crisis is under
control and the public has nothing to fear.”
A statement released by US CDC Director Tom Frieden said
“it’s clear the nation needs a quick and thorough response to its first Ebola
patient”
Frieden said “the best practices in Nigeria and Senegal
suggest the U.S. should monitor all individuals who may have been exposed to
Ebola and establish a dedicated management and response system.”
Senegal has had no new reported cases of Ebola since Sept. 18
while Nigeria has not reported new ones since August 31,
US health officials are expected in Nigeria which it claimed
had the best practices in combating Ebola Virus disease which entered into
Nigeria through Liberian born American citizen Mr. Patrick Sawyer whose index
case was reported on July 20, 2014. Nigeria is expected to officially announce
today that the remaining two potential Ebola patients will exit the 21-day
observation period.
According to US CDC, “Nigeria’s first reported case of Ebola
surfaced July 20, when Patrick Sawyer landed in Lagos from Liberia and exposed
72 other passengers to the virus. Nigeria’s Health officials quickly issued
notifications and tracked everybody who may have been in contact with Sawyer.
“Nigeria also established an Ebola Incident Management Center
to handle the potential outbreak and developed a staffing plan that executed a
social mobilization strategy that reached more than 26,000 households of people
living around the contacts of Ebola patients,”
The deadly virus has killed more than 3,000 people in Sierra
Leone, Guinea and Liberia in the largest outbreak ever recorded.
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