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Nigeria Considers Asking For American Experimental Ebola Drug by emmy02(m): 10:13am On Aug 06, 2014
Nigeria is contemplating asking for a dose of the
experimental Ebola drug given to two Americans to
treat a Nigerian doctor who contracted the virus,
said Jide Idris, commissioner for health in
Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos.
The female doctor who treated a Liberian victim of
Ebola before he was diagnosed is receiving care in
a hospital in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital
and Africa’s most populous city with about 21
million people.
Eight others have been quarantined with three
awaiting testing.
Idris, speaking at a media conference, said the
committee set up by the Nigerian government to
manage the situation was taking necessary
perceptional measures to stop the spread of the
disease and that the contacts of the infected
medical doctor are being traced for close
examination.
For effectiveness in handling this emergency case,
the commissioner said the committee had been
divided into five units including contact tracing,
case management, point of entry unit, publicity and
data management unit.
The contact tracing is saddled with the
responsibility of tracing contacts of infected
person; case management unit has the role of
managing established cases, while the point of
entry manned by Customs and Immigration
personnel is charged with the examination of
persons entering Nigeria from the various borders.

Source: http://businessdayonline.com/2014/08/nigeria-considers-asking-for-u-s-experimental-ebola-drug/
Re: Nigeria Considers Asking For American Experimental Ebola Drug by Ezedon(m): 10:35am On Aug 06, 2014
We really need it here as quickly as possible

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