Jide Idris, Physician and Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has called on governors across the 36 States to strengthen funding for health workers and disease surveillance as concerns grow over the resurgence of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus disease in parts of Africa.
Speaking on Thursday at the third Adetokunbo Alakija Memorial Lecture and Induction Ceremony of the Nigerian Society of Travel Medicine in Lagos, Idris said State Governments must complement the Federal Government’s efforts to prevent the virus from entering Nigeria.
BusinessDay reports that although Nigeria has recorded no confirmed Ebola case, the Federal Government has intensified health screening at airports, seaports and land borders as part of nationwide preparedness measures against the disease.
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Idris noted that the NCDC had intensified surveillance and preventive measures at airports and other points of entry, including monitoring,
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