adsThe Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention(NCDC) has classified the risk of Ebola Virus Disease being imported into Nigeria as high, as cases and deaths toll continue to rise in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
In a public health update issued on Sunady, the agency said it carried out a dynamic risk assessment which showed Nigeria is vulnerable because of international travel, population movement, uncertainty regarding the full magnitude of the outbreak, and the potential for delayed recognition because symptoms may overlap with endemic diseases such as malaria and Lassa fever.
The agency said the assessment also identified high-risk states, border communities, major transport hubs and Points of Entry across the country.
While stressing that Nigeria currently has no confirmed Ebola case, the NCDC said the country was maintaining heightened preparedness measures nationwide.
It said Nigeria already has important response capacities in place, including laboratory testing capability, trained Rapid Response Teams, functional Emergency Operations Centres, existing Viral Haemorrhagic Fever preparedness structures and previous experience managing Ebola and other outbreaks.adsads
