Nigeria
has clearly overcome Ebola virus disease and for the World Bank and
International Monetary Fund (IMF), this is a commendable feat.
President
of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, after a special meeting of the group
and the IMF, said Nigeria has demonstrated high competence in the way
the Ebola Containment was handled.
He praised
the federal, state and local government and all medical workers and the
private sector for working together to contain the Ebola virus in the
country.
The meeting of the World Bank and IMF, which held in
Washington on Thursday morning, noted sadly that the virus continues to
surge in the three worst affected countries, Liberia, Sierra Leone and
Guinea.
If more countries get trapped in the spread within two
years, the financial impact could reach 32.6 billion dollars by the end
of 2015.
The United Nations Ebola response coordinator, Dr.
David Nabarro, has said that the worst outbreak of Ebola on record can
be contained if countries quickly build and staff treatment centers in
West African nations hardest hit by the deadly virus.
On
Wednesday, the World Health Organization said Ebola had claimed the
lives of 3,879 people from among 8,033 confirmed, probable and suspected
cases since it was identified in Guinea in March.
Officials
with the U.S. Center for Disease Control were dispatched to study how
Nigeria achieved its Ebola containment after the United States reported
that Ebola had been discovered in Dallas, Texas.
The CDC
Director, Tom Frieden, said in a statement, “It’s clear the nation (US)
needs a quick and thorough response to its first Ebola patient” noting
that “their (Nigeria’s) extensive response to a single case of Ebola
shows that control is possible with rapid, focused interventions.”
Nigeria has not reported new cases since August 31. Likewise, Senegal has not reported any new Ebola cases since September 18.
According
to the CDC, Nigeria reported their first case July 20 when Patrick
Sawyer traveled from Liberia to Lagos, Nigeria. He exposed 72 other
passengers with the virus. Nigerian health officials found everyone who
had been in contact with Sawyer and developed a mobilization plan.
They reached more than 26,000 households in this process. Nigeria also established the Ebola Management Center in the process.
Credit: ChannelsNews
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