With the world applauding Nigeria for how the
Ebola virus was contained and eradicated within a
short period of time even though it hit to of the
largest cities in Africa, The Unites States' Center for
Disease Control and Prevention has reportedly
dispatched personnel to Nigeria to study how Nigeria
was able to contain the highly dreaded disease.
A man from West Africa has been diagnosed with
Ebola in Texas, US, and there is panic in the city.
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 Nigeria's “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.
Senegal has had no new reported cases of Ebola
since Sept. 18 while Nigeria has not reported new
ones since August 31,
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."
US health officials are expected in Nigeria which it
claimed had the best practices in combating Ebola
Virus disease which entered into the country through
late Patrick Sawyer.
Panic in America
The man who imported Ebola into US had 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 lapse on the part of the hospital officials,
questions are being asked amid panic across US.
The deadly virus has so far killed more than 3,000
people in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.
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.”
