Professor Abdulsalami Nasidi, the Project Director of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, said in Abuja yesterday that the current Ebola outbreak may be over in Nigeria on September 6 when all those receiving treatment and those under quarantine are expected to be released. Nasidi made this disclosure while presenting a paper at a workshop organised by the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) on Molecular Diagnosis and Treatment for Hemorrhagic and Zoonotic Viral Diseases.
According to him: “Let me say here that if the current efforts at tackling the disease are sustained we should be able to defeat Ebola on or before September 6. But that is not to say the threat (of reappearance) will no longer be there.” On blood screening for Ebola he said: “You only need to screen (the blood of) those who have come in contact with an infected person, not everybody. Asking everybody to screen their blood for Ebola is out of WHO’s recommendation.” He added that the FG is taking it up with embassies that now put blood screening as one of the requirements for visa processing.
Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.
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