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Reps raises alarm that Ebola virus may return to Nigeria

 

Nigeria House of Representatives

Member House of Representatives has raised an alarm that ebola virus may return to Nigeria. They however urged the Federal Government to immediately activate preventive measures.

The law makers raised the alarm duringplenary on Thursday, which they  unanimously adopted a motion moved by Dachung Bagos, he warned that cases on other African countrie keep rising.

Hon. Bagos said that the Ugandan health authorities, on September 20, 2022, declared an outbreak of Ebola disease, caused by the Sudan virus, following laboratory confirmation of a patient from a village in Madudu sub-county, Mubende District, Central Uganda.

The lawmaker also noted that the World Health Organisation expressed concerns that in the absence of licensed vaccines and therapeutics for prevention and treatment of Sudan virus disease, the risk of potential serious public health impact is high.

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