The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it has intensified preparedness measures against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), though there is no confirmed case in Nigeria.
The Director-General of NCDC, Dr Olajide Idris, disclosed this on Friday during the 15th Expanded Ministerial Oversight Committee (MOC) Meeting in Abuja.
Idris said the agency had activated surveillance systems, strengthened coordination with relevant agencies and assessed treatment and laboratory infrastructure to enhance national preparedness.
He said although the Presidential Ebola Task Force was reconstituted only recently, response activities had commenced before its inaugural meeting.
“The task force has only met once, but we did not wait for its reconstitution because we started working immediately after the outbreak was reported,” he said.
