The Lagos State Government on Sunday
said it was finalising arrangements to deploy some health workers who helped in
the containment of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the state to Sierra Leone.
NAN reports that the Governor,
Babatunde Fashola, made the announcement in Ikeja while speaking at a programme
to commemorate the 2,700 days of his administration in office. The governor
said the
health workers were to replicate the state’s containment strategies in Sierra-Leone.
Mr. Fashola said although Nigeria was, as of now, free from the disease, there
was still the risk of new infections from cross-border movements. He,
therefore, said the state’s planned mission to Sierra Leone was not only to
assist the country to overcome the great health challenge, but also reduce the
risk of the disease to countries within the sub-region. Mr. Fashola said:health workers were to replicate the state’s containment strategies in Sierra-Leone.
“Lagos is free from Ebola, Nigeria
is free from Ebola. But that does not mean there cannot be another case. For as
long as people are moving from countries to countries, the risk of infections
is still there. That is why I appeal to the Federal Government to continue to
scrutinise people travelling into Nigeria from land, sea and air from regions
where the problem is still ravaging.
That is why some of the things the commissioner for health
will be announcing very soon is the arrangements we are making to send some of
our health workers and volunteers to go and help out in Sierra Leone. That is
the only way we, the whole of Africa and the World can be safe.”
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