By Chrysanthus Ikeh
World Health Organization (WHO) has given credit to Nigeria for applying preventive measures to control the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) which seem to have halted the advancement of the deadly scourge.
With the outbreak which began in Guinea at the start of the year, with neighbouring countries Liberia and Sierra Leone recording the highest cases of the virus, Liberia has been especially hard-hit, with 3,022 cases and 1,578 deaths in that country alone.
In a statement released by WHO on Monday, September 22, 2014, the organisation stated that: ‘The outbreaks in Senegal and Nigeria are pretty much contained.’
Senegal has not reported any new cases of the deadly virus since it registered its first and only case on August 29 — a Guinean student who has since recovered.
Nigeria, where 21 people have been infected, eight of whom have died, has not reported new cases since September 8, WHO pointed out
Ebola virus disease (EVD),or simply Ebola is a disease of humans and other primates caused by an ebolavirus. Symptoms start two days to three weeks after contracting the virus, with a fever, sore throat, muscle pain and headaches.
