Is Africa on the verge of another virulent attack of the dreaded Ebola virus? This time, it is the Bundibugyo Ebola strain, different from the Zaire Ebola of 2014. Is the Bundibugyo Ebola potentially more dangerous than the Zaire Ebola that took the lives of courageous Dr Ameyo Adadevoh, OON, other medical practitioners and a number of other Nigerians in 2014? Questions that should agitate the minds of concerned Nigerians are, how dangerous the Bundibugyo Ebola is, particularly as so far, there’s no vaccine for it or cure? Why does Ebola appear to originate from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)? How prepared is Nigeria, and Lagos in particular, being one of the major gateways into Nigeria, to tackle and contain the virus? How should people protect themselves from contracting the virus? Onikepo Braithwaite and Jude Igbanoi sought out the Director, Epidemiology, Biosecurity and Global Health/State Epidemiologist, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr Ismail Abdus-Salam to tease out the answers to these questions, particularly about symptoms that people should be aware of, and what steps should immediately be taken, if there’s suspicion that an individual may have contracted the virus
‘Nigeria is Far Better Prepared for the Bundibugyo Ebola Virus’
Is Africa on the verge of another virulent attack of the dreaded Ebola virus? This time, it is the Bundibugyo Ebola strain, different from the Zaire Ebola of 2014. Is the Bundibugyo Ebola potentially more dangerous than the Zaire Ebola that took the lives of courageous Dr Ameyo Adadevoh, OON, other medical practitioners and a number of other Nigerians in 2014? Questions that should agitate the minds of concerned Nigerians are, how dangerous the Bundibugyo Ebola is, particularly as so far, there’s no vaccine for it or cure? Why does Ebola appear to originate from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)? How prepared is Nigeria, and Lagos in particular, being one of the major gateways into Nigeria, to tackle and contain the virus? How should people protect themselves from contracting the virus? Onikepo Braithwaite and Jude Igbanoi sought out the Director, Epidemiology, Biosecurity and Global Health/State Epidemiologist, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr Ismail Abdus-Salam to tease out the answers to these questions, particularly about symptoms that people should be aware of, and what steps should immediately be taken, if there’s suspicion that an individual may have contracted the virus
