The Medical and Dental Consultants
Association of Nigeria , ( MDCAN) , has
expressed concern that okada riders
and those who patronise commercial
buses could be the major group at risk
and also the major avenue that would
fuel the spread of the Ebola virus
disease , through body contact on
commercial motorcycles and in buses .
The group expressed this concern in a
statement signed by the president, Dr .
Steven Oluwole , and assistant
secretary - general , Dr . A. Adesokan , in
Abuja , on Friday.
MDCAN also condemned the federal
government ’s sensitisation approach,
which centred only on handshake and
contact with body fluid of those who
already tested positive for the virus .
According to MDCAN, “The approach of
prevention , which centred on avoidance
of handshakes , ignores that the modes
of transportation in Nigeria , which
include crowded buses and motor bikes ,
encourage intimate body contact that
exceeds handshakes . ”
MDCAN further lamented that rigorous
contact tracing were not instituted after
the index case was identified in Lagos ,
which might have fuelled the spread of
the virus to different parts of the
country .
The group further said ,
“ Failure to model that infected health
workers in Lagos may have transmitted
to contacts whilst shopping, commuting,
or recreating; failure to model that
contacts of Ebola cases in Lagos may
have travelled to any other region in the
country ; no evidence of establishment of
Ebola management centres in all regions
of the country .

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/08/okada-buses-aid-spread-ebola-says-consultants/

ok so we should all stop using commercial buses and buy cars. alright.