Ebola outbreak: Lagos reassures residents, activates emergency response measures

Lagos State Government has assured residents that determination is nary contiguous menace from the ongoing Ebola outbreak successful parts of Central and East Africa, stating that its exigency effect and illness surveillance systems stay afloat progressive and acceptable to respond to immoderate imaginable wellness risk.

The reassurance was conveyed by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, successful a connection issued by the Lagos State Government aft Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu directed applicable agencies to fortify surveillance and exigency effect measures implicit the evolving outbreak.

According to the commissioner, the outbreak has truthful acold resulted successful astir 177 deaths from astir 700 suspected cases and is presently constricted to Congo and Uganda.

He noted that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified the outbreak arsenic a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), mostly owed to the hard terrain successful the affected countries, which whitethorn hamper section and planetary effect efforts.

Abayomi, speaking connected behalf of the Lagos State Ministry of Health, said nary suspected oregon confirmed lawsuit of Ebola Virus Disease has been detected successful Lagos.

He explained that the authorities has developed a beardown and resilient biosecurity strategy implicit the years, designed to guarantee continuous preparedness and respons...