Nigeria needs 42 days of monitoring to be declared Ebola-free – WHO
Punch Nigeria · Adetutu Sobowale ·
The World Health Organisation says Nigeria must complete a 42-day monitoring period for 52 contacts before it can be declared free of Ebola.
The World Health Organisation has said Nigeria must complete a 42-day monitoring period before it can be declared free of Ebola following the confirmation of a case in the country.
The Executive Director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, said all 53 identified contacts of the Ebola patient must be monitored for 21 days, followed by another 21-day period, in line with established protocols.
Recall that in a post on X on Monday, the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Mohamed Janabi, said Nigeria had no active Ebola cases following the medical evacuation of the infected patient and her husband to Switzerland.
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