The director of the Nigerian Army Medical Corps, Major-General Obashina Ogunbiyi stated this in Abuja yesterday that about 1332 of its peace keeping troops in Liberia have been placed under surveillance following their contact with a Sudanese who later died of the Ebola Virus Disease.
According to the Army medical officer, the incident followed the death of a Sudanese Muslim man who had come to the camp of the soldiers to lead them in prayer during the Eid-el Fitri celebration, but developed Ebola symptoms the following day and later died.
Ogunbuyi noted that the country remained at risk as any of the soldiers could choose to travel home anytime, saying “that is why the military had to be totally involved in the fight against the Ebola virus.”
The Health minister Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu has given the assurance that the country will start producing vaccines for Ebola within the next one year, adding that any disease that has a vaccine is as good as eradicated.
“Vaccine is very important, it is better than any drug but it takes time in terms of research to produce. Right now, we have a number of candidate vaccines and we are also going to be part of the clinical testing of Ebola vaccines,” he said.
According to the Army medical officer, the incident followed the death of a Sudanese Muslim man who had come to the camp of the soldiers to lead them in prayer during the Eid-el Fitri celebration, but developed Ebola symptoms the following day and later died.
Ogunbuyi noted that the country remained at risk as any of the soldiers could choose to travel home anytime, saying “that is why the military had to be totally involved in the fight against the Ebola virus.”
The Health minister Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu has given the assurance that the country will start producing vaccines for Ebola within the next one year, adding that any disease that has a vaccine is as good as eradicated.
“Vaccine is very important, it is better than any drug but it takes time in terms of research to produce. Right now, we have a number of candidate vaccines and we are also going to be part of the clinical testing of Ebola vaccines,” he said.
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