The World Health Organisations (WHO) has named Senegal and Nigeria as test cases for the world on how to deal with the devastating infections of the Ebola virus.
Dr Isabelle Nuttall, WHO Director of Global Capacities, Alert and Response Health Security and Environment, said this in an interview at WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland, on Monday.
'The two countries have demonstrated to any other country in Africa or elsewhere in the world that, it is possible, through vigorous procedures of taking care of patients, strict infection control system in the health care facilities, to stop the spread of the Ebola virus.'
WHO declared Nigeria and Senegal Ebola free recently based on its recommendations that a country can be declared Ebola free with the expiration of 42 days without any recorded new cases.
The 42 days represents twice the maximum incubation period for Ebola and it starts from the last day that any person in the country had contact with a confirmed or probable Ebola case.
*Congrats Naija.
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Good news. Proudly Nigerian..
Congrats Nigeria and Senegal. Hardwork pays.
Lovely recognition.
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