Ebola-US To Send Medical Experts To Nigeria To Sturdy How The Nation Contained The Virus

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Medical experts from the United States are due in Nigeria anytime soon to study how the country was able to manage and contain the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD.

Recall that Ebola was brought into the country by a Liberian called Patrick Sawyer on July 20. Sawyer, who later died a couple of days after, had already infected some medical personnel in the hospital where he was being treated with the virus.

According to the United States Centre for Disease Control, 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.

Ebola-Senegal Joins Nigeria As African Countries That Have Successfully Contained Ebola Virus

The World Health Organization’s regional office for Africa has declared that both Senegal and Nigeria have both successfully contained the deadly Ebola Virus Disease.

Recall that the virus was imported into Nigeria on July 20 2014 by a Liberian called Patrick Sawyer, who was an ECOWAS diplomat while that of Senegal was first recorded on August 29 2014.

“On the whole, the outbreaks in Senegal and Nigeria are pretty much contained,” the global health body said.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization said there have been 5,833 cases reported in West Africa with 2,833 deaths so far.