Nigeria to be certified Ebola virus disease free First U.S. case was in macaque monkey, says Iwu • Panel on disease meets Oct 8, may continue work on bitter kola ‘cure’ • Govt gets more commendation for virus containment • Records 36.8% fatality rate against 70% global average WITH the last patient under surveillance for Ebola completing the mandatory 21-day monitoring period yesterday, the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that Nigeria should be declared Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) free. A report on Nigeria’s response to the outbreak, which appears in a September 30 early release issue of CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), noted that Nigeria’s success story was due to her strong emergency operations centre and polio eradication experience. The CDC report reads: “…There have been no new cases since August 31 and the last three patient contacts will exit their 21-day follow-up on October 2 – strongly suggesting the outbreak in Nigeria has been contained.” ngrguardiannews/news/national-news/181513-nigeria-to-be-certified-ebola-virus-disease-free
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 09:23:21 +0000
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