Nigeria activates tracing and isolation after imported Ebola case
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Pmnewsnigeria
The Nigerian government says it has activated surveillance, contact tracing and isolation after detecting an imported Ebola case. Femi Gbajabiamila, the president’s chief of staff and head of the preparedness task force, said the patient was identified after symptoms appeared, four days after her arrival in Abuja.
Nigeria has activated health surveillance, contact tracing and isolation measures after detecting an imported case of Ebola, P.M. News Nigeria reports. The chief of staff to the president and chair of the Presidential Task Force on Epidemic Preparedness, Femi Gbajabiamila, announced the measures on Wednesday after an emergency meeting at the presidency.
The infected traveller had no symptoms on arrival in Abuja. They appeared four days later, Gbajabiamila said, adding that the rapid detection was due to protocols and surveillance systems already in place. He said Nigeria had recorded about 44,000 incoming and outgoing flights since the Ebola threat was taken into account in June.
The coordinating minister of health and social welfare, Mohammed Ali Pate, said the authorities were mobilising health, immigration and aviation services, as well as private providers and state health institutions. The task force plans to strengthen the enforcement of preventive measures and has urged the public to follow official guidance.
The announcement comes after Nigeria had already reported 44 contacts identified around the patient. Coordination of control measures with Uganda was also announced on 21 October as part of the Ebola outbreak response.
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