US sends medical experts to study how
Nigeria tamed Ebola
Stunned by the entrance of the Ebola
Virus Disease, EVD, into America, the
United States’ Center for Disease Control
and Prevention has despatched its
personnel to study how Nigeria contained
the killer disease.
The US reported on Tuesday that it has
discovered a case of EVD in Dallas,
Texas, but its health officials said “the
crisis is under control and the public has
nothing to fear.”
A statement released by US CDC Director
Tom Frieden said “it’s clear the nation
needs a quick and thorough response to
its first Ebola patient”
He said although Nigeria was not
completely out of the woods, “their
extensive response to a single case of
Ebola shows that control is possible with
rapid, focused interventions.” Apart from
Nigeria, the US will also visit Senegal to
study its model.
Frieden said “the best practices in
Nigeria and Senegal suggest the U.S.
should monitor all individuals who may
have been exposed to Ebola and
establish a dedicated management and
response system.”
Senegal has had no new reported cases
of Ebola since Sept. 18 while Nigeria has
not reported new ones since August 31,
US health officials are expected in
Nigeria which it claimed had the best
practices in combating Ebola Virus
disease which entered into Nigeria
through Liberian born American citizen
Mr. Patrick Sawyer whose index case was
reported on July 20, 2014. Nigeria is
expected to officially announce today
that the remaining two potential Ebola
patients will exit the 21-day observation
period.
How Nigeria stopped the spread of Ebola
According to US CDC, “Nigeria’s first
reported case of Ebola surfaced July 20,
when Patrick Sawyer landed in Lagos
from Liberia and exposed 72 other
passengers to the virus. Nigeria’s Health
officials quickly issued notifications and
tracked everybody who may have been
in contact with Sawyer.
“Nigeria also established an Ebola
Incident Management Center to handle
the potential outbreak and developed a
staffing plan that executed a social
mobilization strategy that reached more
than 26,000 households of people living
around the contacts of Ebola patients,”
The deadly virus has killed more than
3,000 people in Sierra Leone, Guinea and
Liberia in the largest outbreak ever
recorded.
How Senegal contained Ebola
Senegal confirmed its first Ebola case
Aug. 29 after a man, travelling from
Guinea on Aug. 14, took ill and showed
symptoms of the disease. This prompted
a quick response, including an
experienced and trained staff that was
prepared to contain the Ebola outbreak.
The procedure led to the identification of
67 contacts who were placed under
quarantine, monitored for 21 days and
showed no symptoms of Ebola.
Panic in America
The man who imported Ebola into US was
found to have travelled to Liberia without
informing the authorities and did not
disclose the nature of his ailment to the
nurse that attended to him. Reports from
Texas yesterday said that the Nurse who
attended to the man has also taken ill for
Ebola in Texas.
A spokesman for Texas Health
Presbyterian said the patient had walked
into a Dallas emergency room on
September 26, without knowing that he
contacted the deadly virus and left after
he was treated. He then returned to the
facility on September 28 where it was
determined he likely had Ebola and was
isolated. He tested positive Tuesday,
health officials said.
Following the lapse on the part of the
hospital officials, questions are being
asked amid panic across the country.
The CDC has thus advised that all
medical facilities should ask for patients
with symptoms consistent with Ebola for
their travel history.
Vanguard

This is good news,"all knowing USA" is humble enough to study how our professionals handled a situation they refused us urgent assistance. Lord let my life be such that all those who refused being a part of my success will ask "how did u become so great" ?

Pls make U sure U guys quarantine them, U never can tell if they r on a second killer mission of Sawyer.

We contained Ebola thru quarantine and observation, so we have to quarantine them for 21 days first!

yuncka: Pls make U sure U guys quarantine them, U never can tell if they r on a second killer mission of Sawyer.

Lol ! U never know what's on their mind.

kelvine: This is good news,"all knowing USA" is humble enough to study how our professionals handled a situation they refused us urgent assistance. Lord let my life be such that all those who refused being a part of my success will ask "how did u become so great" ?

Dude, all that is being done to avoid attention. They portray to the world the image that they can't control Ebola while the patients are being treated with ZMAPP behind the scene

herald9:
This is your reasoning sha....
I don't think a powerful America will stoop so low to do this just to divert attention...

Last I checked they are proud and love to show off....

So happened to zmapp?

herald9:

Isn't it obvious that it might not be 100% effective?

It isn't 100% effective but it is 67% effective and it is a drug, why aren't they using it?