THE FAKE EBOLA WATER & SALT VACCINE. ORIGINATED FROM IGALAKINGDOM. News want viral all over the country late yesterday that bathing with a mixture of salt and water provides immunity against the vrullent Ebola pandermic. This information saw many Nigerians scurrying for a salt water bath for protection from the virus. This news which went viral on the social media came after a call from the ruler of the Igala Kingdom, the Attah of Igala, prescribing salt solution as a magical vaccine against the Ebola virus to his subjects. But the Nigerian government has issued a statement warning that bathing with salted baths is not a cure for the deadly Ebola Virus. Local radio and TV stations in Kogi state quoted the king, the Attah of Igala, Idakwo Michael Ameh Oboni, late Thursday, as making the prescriptions from his palace in Idah, the traditional capital of Igalaland. The king offered the purported prescription after the Nigerian government declared that the pandemic had become a national emergency. The prescription, originally intended for people of the Igala Kingdom, quickly went viral on social media and text messaging platforms. Relatives also made calls to one another advising one another to bath with salt-water solution. The salt solution bath remedy was reinforced after claims that a powerful Catholic priest, Ejike Mbaka, also made calls for followers to perform some religious vaccination which included drinking salt water. Salt and water are the major ingredients of the Holy Water used for a wide range of physical and spiritual purpose by Catholics. The Igala vaccine, the Igala king’s “magical prescription” was received with great enthusiasm by residents panicked by the spread of the virus around the West African subregion. According to local report, the Attah of Igala prescribed that a pinch of salt be added to about 15 litres of water and used for a soapless bath. One bath with the salt solution is all that is required, residents who admitted performing the ‘immunization’ ritual, There is no medical proof that salt water solution could prevent the transmission of Ebola. The king did not also explain how he came about the prescription. Nonetheless, many Nigerians who spoke to reporters admitted they’ve had the saline bath. An Abuja resident, Patience Enang, 36, told news men that her husband, a soldier, had called her by 5am, Friday morning, from Kaduna, asking her to bath their three children with the solution. She did. As has been stated by the Health Minister, bathing with salted water is never a vaccine for Ebola diesease. Rather people are advised to always wash their hands with sanitizers ie Jik before taking their meals. Bathing with liquid detol and antiseptic soaps also reduces infection rate. Citizens are also advised to avoid contacts in infected persons.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 19:42:02 +0000
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