18 August, 2014
at Monday, August 18, 2014
There is no Ebola epidemic in Lagos - Fashola
There is no Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic
in Lagos, Governor Babatunde Fashola said
yesterday.
In a broadcast on the disease, Fashola said
though the state had suffered painful loss of
lives, the situation was not an epidemic as being
alleged because “all those who have either died
or are suffering from Ebola are directly traceable”
to the Liberian EVD importer, Patrick Sawyer.
He said 61 contacts were cleared last week after
the 21 days surveillance, which is the known
lifespan of the virus.
“These people were not sick. They were persons
who needed to be monitored because of real or
suspected contacts to be certain that they did
not eventually fall sick. We cautiously wait to see
how many more people will be cleared and hope
that there will be no new cases.
“Nevertheless, our strategy is to prepare for the
worst by making plans to expand the facility to
take any new cases, while we hope for the best.
There is a lot to do, and we need your
collaboration to remain focused on containment
and treatment”, Fashola said.
He also debunked claims that Ebola victims were
being neglected, adding that the state did not
reject any useful drug; neither is there fund
shortage.
Fashola said victims were receiving the best care
as recommended by experts, urging medical
volunteers willing to fight the cause to sign up
and present themselves for training.
“I wish to state very categorically that none of
these is true. What is true is that we should
perhaps never have been in this situation, but we
are now in it. What is true is that the Ebola virus
did not break out from within Nigeria, it was
imported into Nigeria.
“What is true is that we have followed all the
contacts that we know who have had primary
and secondary contacts with the patient who
imported the virus into our state, or with people
who had contact with him.
“Because we had to react to an unexpected
situation, we had to react in a proper and
methodical way, according to acceptable global
health standards.
“I can now tell you that in the last one week,
with the help and advice of our technical
partners, such as the World Health Organisation,
the Centre for Disease Control and the Medecins
Sans Frontiers, who have tracked this virus and
studied it for decades, our response is a lot
better than when the news first broke; and our
capacity is increasing daily.
“Although we have suffered very painful losses of
lives, I think it is fair to say that we are not yet
at an epidemic stage and we are determined to
do everything not to get to that stage; because
of the grave consequences to the safety of
human lives,” said Fashola.
Fashola said the discovery of EVD in the state
posed a threat to the primary purpose of his
administration, which is to secure lives. He
described the situation as the biggest challenge
to public health.
He said he had been engaged in meetings daily
with various stakeholders on the progress made
by the government and the need for caution,
adding that with news of complete recovery of a
Nigerian doctor confirmed to have contracted the
virus, the case of unknown origin had been
eliminated.
“My view of the fact that we are gaining control
is informed by verifiable facts that I receive daily
from our health workers that all the cases of
those who have either unfortunately died, or
those who are sick, and those who are contacts
under surveillance are directly traceable to the
imported case.
“The challenge of managing the Ebola virus is big
but our resolve to contain and defeat it is
bigger. That resolve is demonstrated by the
courage shown by the first set of health workers
at state and federal levels who stood up to be
counted, and the leadership of the state and
federal ministries of Health with the support of
our international partners.
“In spite of fear, they stood up to be counted at
a time of grave danger. We should salute their
courage, professionalism, patriotism and
humanitarian disposition. They are the heroes
and heroines that we have looked for a long
time. I cannot thank them enough.
“While we are doing everything to assure their
safety and to give them confidence to proceed, I
want to passionately appeal that we must not do
anything to distract them or demotivate them.”
The governor urged the people to report
suspected cases around them as well as stop
unhygienic practices, such as defecating or
urinating in public, because those are body fluids
and waste through which the virus is known to
thrive.
Fashola expressed appreciation to those who are
seeking to raise funds for the current battle
against the virus but pointed out that the State
“is not yet at the fund-raising stage and cannot
foresee that eventually”.
“For now, the State has enough resources to
fund everything that is needed. This is what your
taxes can do in emergencies. Our House of
Assembly has thankfully approved a request for
any needed expenditure”, the Governor said
adding that the Federal Government has shown
“the appropriate level of concern about the
national and global risk this poses and I am sure
they will provide funds should we be unable to
do so if we ask for it”.
He said the combined team of State and Federal
personnel and the international partners are also
sharing information with the public and the
Federal Government about the status of the
patients and contacts in a transparent way
adding, “We should all please listen to them.
They are the ones who have the facts”.

www.nigerianeye.com/2014/08/there-is-no-ebola-epidemic-in-lagos.html?m=1

Always talking and talking without doing any thing.

2cato: Always talking and talking without doing any thing.

Shut the fu...ck up, you flipping nuisance!

What have you done this morning?!

Fu...cking lunkhead!

Ride On Mr. Fashola, You and the President have the Support of well meaning Nigerians against the Ebola disease.

At last sombody steps forward to correct the wrong impression the international press is selling... Nice one Fashola !!!!

ElFenomeno1:

Shut the fu...ck up, you flipping nuisance!

What have you done this morning?!

Fu...cking lunkhead!

typical of the son of a fat dirty Yoruba amala seller.

2cato: Always talking and talking without doing any thing.

Mumu.

2cato: typical of the son of a fat dirty Yoruba amala seller.

Your father and mother..... you disrespectful swine from the swamp of wherever you come from!

You come up here and talk about people not doing anything, but failed to tell the world that you are a useless and hopeless human being....

You are a disgrace to the human race, nuisance constituting nematode!

You should have been aborted as soon as your parents found out the adulterated condom split

I hope the Ebola virus ravages you and send you to your grave early......... Brainless twerp!

I believe you Mr. Fashola,unlike the minister of health Onyebuchi Chukwu who is misinforming Nigerians about the Ebola virus.

2cato: Always talking and talking without doing any thing.

Hmm. if you say Fashola is always talking without doing anything, I wonder what you will say of your president and all the governors of your states in that region.

If this is what it means to talk without action I think I will forever like to be like him.

ElFenomeno1:

my father and mother are disrespectful swine from the swamp of wherever i come from!

I come up here and talk about people not doing anything, but failed to tell the world that i am a useless and hopeless human being....

I are a disgrace to the human race, nuisance constituting nematode!

I should have been aborted as soon as my parents found out the adulterated condom split

I hope the Ebola virus ravages me and send me to my grave early......... I and my sibblings are Brainless twerp!

FIXED!!!!

ElFenomeno1:
I ElFenomeno1
my father and mother are disrespectful swine from the swamp of wherever i come from!

I come up here and talk about people not doing anything, but failed to tell the world that i am a useless and hopeless human being....

I are a disgrace to the human race, nuisance constituting nematode!

I should have been aborted as soon as my parents found out the adulterated condom split

I hope the Ebola virus ravages me and send me to my grave early......... I and my sibblings are Brainless twerp!

FIXED!!!!

FASHOLA MUST BE HIGH ON WE.ED



HE SHOULD BE QUARANTINE AND TESTED BEFORE ENTERING OTHER STATE INCASE........

2cato: Always talking and talking without doing any thing.

. U be oloriburuku

Fashola is a real man!

That is all I am going to say!!

How can Fashola say no ebola in Lagos, what of eBola Ahmed Tinubu?

"eBola" Tinubu of Ape P C (APC) nko?

2cato: Always talking and talking without doing any thing.

Your level of comprehension of simple matters is so abysmally low. How did you get to this sorry state?

M0GIDI: How can Fashola say no ebola in Lagos?

The man never said there was no Ebola in Lagos, what he said is that there is no Ebola epidemic in Lagos. These two scenarios are not the same!