The Lagos State Government has assured residents that there are no confirmed or suspected cases of Ebola Virus Disease in the state amid concerns over outbreaks reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, in a statement on Monday, said there was no cause for alarm, stressing that no suspected case of Ebola had been detected in Lagos.
Abayomi explained that, as a major entry point into Nigeria, Lagos was closely monitoring developments surrounding the Ebola outbreaks in the DRC and Uganda, in line with directives from Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
PUNCH Healthwise earlier reported that the World Health Organisation declared the Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern following the spread of a rare strain of the virus with no approved vaccine or specific treatment.
There have been more than 390 suspected cases and at least 100 reported deaths, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
