With the recent alarm raised by the Nigerian Centre for
Disease Control that the Zika virus vector is widely
circulating in Nigeria, experts are of the opinion that the
government must step up measures against the deadly
disease.
When Brazil, in June last year experienced an outbreak of
Zika virus, a relatively unknown pathogen, not many people
referred to it as a public health challenge requiring utmost
priority, until it took a new turn and was becoming deadly,
forcing the World Health Organisation (WHO) in February 1
this year, to declare it an international health emergency,
requiring new and urgent tool to eradicate.
But as Nigerians continue to see it as American and Asian
health challenge, recent development suggests Nigeria and
other malaria endemic nations are at risk of the deadly virus
since its transmitter, the Aedes mosquitois a common strain
of the mosquito family known to exist in Nigeria and other
countries battling with malaria.

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