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The Lagos State Government has launched a statewide exigency consciousness initiative, codenamed “Operation Lagos BioShield,” arsenic portion of efforts to heighten illness surveillance and defender against the imaginable introduction of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, into the authorities pursuing caller outbreaks reported successful parts of East and Central Africa.
The announcement was made connected Sunday by the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, who assured residents that nary lawsuit of Ebola has been recorded successful Lagos oregon immoderate portion of Nigeria.
According to him, the run is simply a preventive measurement designed to fortify nationalist preparedness and guarantee the authorities remains up of immoderate imaginable nationalist wellness threat.
“This run is not a effect to a crisis. It is simply a proactive measurement to fortify nationalist awareness, preparedness and prevention,” Abayomi stated.
The commissioner explained that the heightened alert was prompted by caller outbreaks of the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola microorganism successful parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. He noted that the strain presently has nary wide disposable licensed vaccine oregon circumstantial antiviral treatment.
Abayomi emphasised that prevention, aboriginal diagnosis, punctual isolation and supportive aesculapian attraction stay the astir effectiv...
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