It said anyone suspected to be showing symptoms of the haemorrhagic fever should be immediately tested in line with the global practice on disease emergency control and prevention.
Amidst fears of a possible Ebola virus outbreak in Nigeria, the federal government has charged all Port Health Service officials and health agencies to tighten their screening of people coming into the country.
It said anyone suspected to be showing symptoms of the haemorrhagic fever should be immediately tested in line with the global practice on disease emergency control and prevention.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Mr. Abdulaziz Abdullahi, made this know when he visited Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos yesterday pledging that the federal government will assist in providing more adequate screening materials and more hands.
The permanent secretary alongside some directors from the ministry, the and staff of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) inspected the health facilities to ascertain the level of preparedness in case of an emergency following the rumored Ebola threats in Lagos.
He said: “More doctors, nurses and other health officials would be deployed to the port health services at the international airport, consumable required for day to day activities at the airport would also be adequately provided.
“I appreciate the effort of the Lagos State Government on preparedness and surveillance system against the Ebola virus.
“Our ministry and the Lagos State Ministry of Health have been working together to forestall importation of any disease into the country, hence we call for continuous collaboration”.