Abuja - The United States has
commended Nigeria's efforts
to curb the spread of the Ebola
virus. The US Ambassador to Nigeria,
James Entwistle, gave the
commendation in Abuja while
on a visit to the Minister of
Health, Professor Onyebuchi
Chukwu. The envoy said the aim of the
visit was to discuss further on
the anti-Ebola cooperation
between the US government
and the Nigerian
administration.The Ambassador also praised
the work done at the
emergency operation centre
and the isolation centre. “You have all seen the
headlines over the weekend,
this is an issue that we have to
keep working hard on, it may
be with us for a while but
there are some encouraging signs. “Your government is doing a
good job on contact tracing; I
noticed when I flew back here
on Thursday night into the
country, before I left the plane
I filed in the questionnaire.“I was very impressed because
I had to put in my seat number
which is a very good idea, so
that if you have to trace the
guy who was seating next to
me you will know where I am. I have been very impressed by
this thing so I encourage the
government of Nigeria to keep
at it, which I know they will,”
he said. He added that the two
countries had a broad
partnership to keep
collaborating, cooperating and
working hard to make the
world a better place. More than 1 000 people have
died in West Africa from Ebola
this year. Liberian-American, Patrick
Sawyer, who died of the
disease two weeks ago in
Lagos, was the first local
casualty.http://m.news24.com/nigeria/National/News/US-lauds-efforts-to-stop-Ebola-spread-20140819