The Lagos State Government has stated no case of Ebola Virus Disease has been recorded within the state, however it’s tightening surveillance and preparedness at entry factors, together with the Murtala Muhammed International Airport.
The Ministry of Health stated by means of the Directorate of Epidemiology, Biosecurity and Global Health, it’s strengthening illness surveillance, danger communication and neighborhood engagement in collaboration with companies at factors of entry.
As a part of the measures, the state stated it performed a strategic engagement and evaluation on the MMIA with airport administration, Port Health Services and different aviation and public well being stakeholders.
According to the ministry, the engagement targeted on passenger screening, data sharing, an infection prevention and management, and coordination of emergency response.
It added that it’s also intensifying public enlightenment on Ebola, its signs, transmission and prevention.
Ebola, the ministry famous, is a extreme sickness that may be deadly and spreads primarily by means of direct contact with the blood and different physique fluids of a symptomatic contaminated individual, contaminated supplies, or our bodies of individuals who died from the illness. It may also unfold by means of contact with contaminated animals.
Symptoms, it stated, might seem between two and 21 days after publicity and embrace fever, extreme weak spot, headache, muscle ache, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhoea and belly ache, with unexplained bleeding or bruising in some circumstances.
The ministry stated early signs can resemble malaria and different frequent sicknesses, advising residents who change into unwell, significantly after attainable publicity or journey from an space with energetic transmission, to hunt immediate medical evaluation.
It additionally reminded residents of the state’s fever-management coverage, which requires a malaria fast diagnostic take a look at earlier than taking antimalarial medicines, and the place damaging, additional evaluation by a well being skilled.
Residents had been suggested to scrub arms repeatedly, keep away from contact with physique fluids of sick individuals, keep away from dealing with doubtlessly contaminated supplies and keep away from contact with sick or useless wild animals.
For travellers, the federal government urged these arriving in Nigeria, significantly from areas reporting Ebola transmission, to cooperate with Port Health Services, present correct journey and well being data and adjust to public well being steerage.
It stated anybody who develops signs throughout journey or after arrival ought to promptly notify well being personnel and search steerage earlier than visiting a well being facility, whereas airways and airport operators are anticipated to maintain established public well being protocols.
The ministry suggested travellers to depend on official advisories from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria.
It stated anybody who suspects publicity, particularly following contact with a suspected or confirmed case, ought to contact public well being authorities for steerage earlier than visiting a facility.
Suspected circumstances or publicity considerations in Lagos will be reported through the state emergency numbers 112 or 767, or to the Directorate of Epidemiology, Biosecurity and Global Health on 0802 316 9485.
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