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.
HEALTH PERSONNEL IN PROTECTIVE KITS
AT THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL IN ABUJA ON
TUESDAY (12/8/14).
HEALTH PERSONNEL IN PROTECTIVE KITS
AT THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL IN ABUJA ON
TUESDAY
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”
He said although Nigeria was not completely
out of the woods, “their extensive response
to a single case of Ebola shows that control
is possible with rapid, focused
interventions.” Apart from Nigeria, the US
will also visit Senegal to study its model.
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.
How Nigeria stopped the spread of Ebola
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.
How Senegal contained Ebola
Senegal confirmed its first Ebola case Aug.
29 after a man, travelling from Guinea on
Aug. 14, took ill and showed symptoms of
the disease. This prompted a quick
response, including an experienced and
trained staff that was prepared to contain
the Ebola outbreak. The procedure led to the
identification of 67 contacts who were
placed under quarantine, monitored for 21
days and showed no symptoms of Ebola.
Panic in America
The man who imported Ebola into US was
found to have travelled to Liberia without
informing the authorities and did not
disclose the nature of his ailment to the
nurse that attended to him. Reports from
Texas yesterday said that the Nurse who
attended to the man has also taken ill for
Ebola in Texas.
A spokesman for Texas Health Presbyterian
said the patient had walked into a Dallas
emergency room on September 26, without
knowing that he contacted the deadly virus
and left after he was treated. He then
returned to the facility on September 28
where it was determined he likely had Ebola
and was isolated. He tested positive
Tuesday, health officials said.
Following the lapse on the part of the
hospital officials, questions are being asked
amid panic across the country. The CDC has
thus advised that all medical facilities
should ask for patients with symptoms
consistent with Ebola for their travel history.
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