DESPITE declaration that Nigeria no longer has any case of Ebola virus disease, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the country can’t be officially designated Ebola-free until October 20.
WHO Country Representative, Dr Ruiz Vaz, according to The Cable, disclosed this on Thursday, in Abuja, at a....
meeting medical experts convened to discuss ways of finding effective treatment for Ebola and reviewing available treatment options for the disease.
Vaz said Nigeria would have to wait until October 20 (after the 42-day follow-up period) to be certified free of the virus.
“After the 42-day follow-up period, if there are no new cases, WHO will confirm Nigeria Ebola-free,” he said.
Speaking at the meeting, Professor Innocent Ujah, co-chairman of the Treatment Research Group (TRG) on Ebola, inaugurated on August 4 by the Health Minister, disclosed that the group had reviewed several treatment options and vetted all suggestions made to the health minister as possible medical counter-measures for the management of the disease.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Finance, Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said Nigeria will commit its trust fund with African Development Bank (AfDB) to support efforts to end Ebola in West Africa.
Okonjo-Iweala said this at the ongoing annual meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C., United States.
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She said so far, Nigeria had donated $3.5 million through the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) to support Ebola-hit countries in the sub-region.
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