Stunned by the entrance with the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, into America, the United States� Cdc and Prevention has dispatched its personnel to study how Nigeria contained the killer disease. - nigeria newspaper today
The US reported which it has discovered a clear case of EVD in Dallas, Texas, nevertheless its dieticians said �the crisis is in order and the public has nothing to fear.�
A statement released by US CDC Director Tom Frieden said �it�s clear the nation wants a fast and thorough response to its first Ebola patient�
He was quoted saying although Nigeria had not been completely out of the woods, �Their extensive response to a single case of Ebola demonstrates control is achievable with rapid, focused interventions.� Aside from Nigeria, the US will also visit Senegal to examine its model.
Frieden said �the guidelines in Nigeria and Senegal suggest the U.S. should monitor every person who have tried Ebola and set up a dedicated management and response system.�
Senegal has had no new reported installments of Ebola since Sept. 18 while Nigeria hasn't reported a new one since August 31,
US dieticians are required in Nigeria so it claimed had the most effective practices in combating Ebola Virus disease which applied for Nigeria through Liberian born American citizen Mr. Patrick Sawyer whose index case was reported on July 20, 2014. Nigeria is expected to officially announce today the remaining two potential Ebola patients will exit the 21-day observation period.
How Nigeria Stopped Multiplication Of Ebola
According to US CDC, �Nigeria�s first reported case of Ebola surfaced July 20, when Patrick Sawyer landed in Lagos from Liberia and exposed 72 other passengers for the virus. Nigeria�s Health officials quickly issued notifications and tracked everybody who may have held it's place in connection with Sawyer.
�Nigeria also established an Ebola Incident Management Center to handle potential outbreak and developed a staffing plan that executed a social mobilization strategy that reached a lot more than 26,000 households of people living across the contacts of Ebola patients,�
The deadly virus has killed a lot more than 3,000 individuals Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia within the largest outbreak ever recorded.
How Senegal Contained Ebola
Senegal confirmed its first Ebola case Aug. 29 following a man, travelling from Guinea on Aug. 14, took ill and showed the signs of the illness. This prompted a quick response, including a seasoned and trained staff that was ready to retain the Ebola outbreak. The task resulted in the identification of 67 contacts who have been placed directly under quarantine, monitored for A 3 week period and showed no signs of Ebola.
Panic In America
The man who imported Ebola into US was discovered to have travelled to Liberia without informing the authorities and did not disclose the nature of his ailment towards the nurse that attended to him. Reports from Texas yesterday declared the Nurse who dealt with the person has also taken ill for Ebola in Texas.
A spokesman for Texas Health Presbyterian said the sufferer had walked in to a Dallas emergency room on September 26, with no knowledge of which he contacted the deadly virus and left after he was treated. Then he returned to the facility on September 28 where it was determined he likely had Ebola and it was isolated. He tested positive Tuesday, health officials said. - nigeria newspaper today