PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan and his entourage will be subjected to tests for the deadly ebola virus by US health officials when they arrive in Washington DC tomorrow for a special African/American Leaders Summit.



Over recent weeks, about 1,300 people have been infected with the deadly ebola virus disease (EVD) currently sweeping across West Africa. Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia have been the worst affected countries, with almost 800 people dying from the virus that has a 90% casualty rate and no known cure.



This week, President Jonathan and several African leaders will be attending a special summit in Washington called by President Barack Obama and fearful that they may be carrying the virus, US health officials plan to screen them. President Obama explained that the action would be taken to protect the US from any outbreak of the disease.



President Obama said: “Folks who are from these countries that have even a marginal risk, or an infinitesimal risk of having been exposed in some fashion, we’re making sure we’re doing screening." Already, the presidents of Liberia and Sierra Leone, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Ernest Bai Koroma, have said they will not be able to attend the summit due to the severity of the outbreak in their countries.



Meanwhile, Professor Oyewole Tomori, a virologist and president of the Nigerian Academy of Science, has warned that the porous nature of Nigerian hospitals would allow the disease to spread easily between patients and health workers. He also criticised the government's handling of the case of Liberian Patrick Sawyer, which caught Nigeria unawares, as the country was not prepared enough for the disease.



Professor Tomori said: “In an ideal situation, there is no need to close the border and as a matter of fact, there are too many entry points into the country, so how many of these can be closed? But beyond closing the borders is the actual state of preparedness.



"The truth of the matter is we’re not prepared. Also, the government needs to collaborate with private medical laboratory facilities."



There are about 1,479 illegal routes into Nigeria, through which smugglers, illegal immigrants and terrorists have been infiltrating the country. Despite having immigration and health officers who man 114 regular border posts, the level of territorial management has been described as inadequate to protect the country from the ebola virus.



Illegal immigrants from Chad, Mali, Niger, Cameroun, Togo, Benin Republic and other countries, who find Nigeria as an attractive destination, may quicken the spread of the deadly disease. Last Sunday, the federal government ordered the setting up of disease isolation centres at international airports across Nigeria.

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