The Federal Government of Nigeria has set up a Presidential Task Force on Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness.
According to government officials, they are taking action early to prevent an outbreak and to avoid a repeat of the 2014 Ebola crisis.
President Bola Tinubu’s chief of staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, inaugurated the task force in Abuja on Thursday.
He said, “We did the inauguration today on the preparedness of Nigeria for the Ebola virus disease. We’ve covered a lot of ground. Right now, there’s no reported case, which is good news, and that’s why all hands have to be on deck to make sure the measures we are taking are preventive, not curative.”
He emphasized that the government wants to be proactive rather than waiting for an outbreak to happen.
“We don’t want to be in the situation we were last time, where we had a carrier in the country and we’re all running
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