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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, says it is on high alert over Ebola scare in the country.
The agency also confirmed that two recent suspected cases of viral haemorrhagic fever in Abuja tested negative for both Ebola and Marburg viruses.
Director-General of the NCDC, Jide Idris, made this known in a statement on Friday.
Idris stated that the most recent case involved a traveller who arrived in Abuja from Kigali and promptly sought medical care when he began to feel unwell.
“The decision to report early, combined with the vigilance of the attending clinician and hospital team, ensured that our public health system was promptly activated and that the risk to the public was minimised,” Idris said.
He noted that the NCDC had carried out a Dynamic Risk Assessment in response to recent reports of Ebola in other countries and had stepped up nationwide anticipatory measures.
According to him, surveillance has been strengthened at points of entry, isolation and treatment facilities have been placed on alert, and critical infection-prevention supplies prepositioned.
Ebola scare: Two recent suspected cases tested negative – Nigerian Govt
