World Health Organization [WHO] Yesterday Certified Nigeria Ebola Free Country

Nigerian nation certified of Ebola Virus Free By WHO

What seemed to be a horrific and tragic omen to the World at large, which also got many if not every Nigerian hysterical as at the time it got into the country through a Liberian diplomat named as “Patrick Sawyer” was confirmed and certified free yesterday just about 93-days after its ugly head reared high in the Nigerian milieu of existence. Nigerians wouldn't have said to be luckier than their counterpart countries within the West African region who have been hit by the Ebola Virus disease so badly, even until date, the Liberian and Sierra leone have been battling with this disease, with an increase in the number of casualties. It has been confirmed by the WHO that so far over 4,000 person have died through this Ebola, and about 2,000 such deaths occur in Liberia. This is quite sad to note.

But here Nigeria pulled a giant stride in the fight against this deadly epidemic of EVD, following its importation to the Nigerian nation by a Liberian, “Patrick Sawyer” who later died few days after, causing the spread of this disease to the few persons who came in contact with him both in the airplane that brought him to Nigeria as well as the hospital where he was confirmed to have an Ebola infection.  It was as a result of this that no fewer than 8 persons died in Nigeria out of the possible 19-cases reported, with 11-persons surviving from the time of the Ebola outbreak till this time.

According to the findings by health experts, such as the Good Health Weekly tabloid and others revealed that it was the early preparation, proper coordination and a unified response and implementation plan that led Nigeria in winning this war on Ebola.

By confirming no further incident of Ebola case in Nigeria after 93 days, the World Health Organization [WHO] then deemed it fit to certify Nigerian nation  ‘free’ from this deadly virus.

Every Nigerian can’t stop expressing their gratitude to God Almighty for having strengthened the Health Ministry, through the dogged effort of the Health Minister, Professor Oyebuchi Chukwu, the media for their continuous enlightenment programs which majorly assisted Nigerians to get acquainted with the measures to apply so as to avoid getting infected with this disease.

No more Ebola in Nigeria

The President, Association of General Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, AGPMPN, Dr. Anthony Omolola in his reaction speech over the WHO certification of Nigeria as Ebola free nation, said it was welcome.

Furthermore; “WHO declaration is a welcome development for our country and it shows that when we are committed to doing anything we can do it well. Our effort in curtaining Ebola has remain a sample to the world. We need to commend all the health workers, the government in the manner in which the situation was reacted to and also the media need to be commended for their enlightenment role and dissemination of information at appropriate time.

“As the WHO is declaring us free, we should not forget those that had sacrificed their lives in ensuring that the country did not experience greater calamity,” he pointed out.

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