9 Ebola Testing Centers To Appear In Nigeria

As Ebola’s death toll keep rising, four medical centers in Nigeria offer to undergo testing for the Ebola virus.

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Four laboratories that specialize in testing of the Ebola virus were named by the Federal Government. Among them are Centre for Disease Control in Asokoro, Abuja, in Lagos University Teaching Hospital, University College Hospital, Ibadan and the Redeemer University Laboratory along Kilometre 35, Lagos Ibadan Expressway.

More labs and mobile test centre are planned to appear in Jos, Kano and Enugu by the end of the week. At least nine laboratories are to apper across the country before the end September.

Diagnosing Ebola in an individual who has been infected for only a few days is difficult, because the early symptoms, such as red eyes and a skin rash, are nonspecific to ebolavirus infection and are seen often in patients with more commonly occurring diseases.

Signs and symptoms typically begin abruptly within 5 to 10 days of infection with Ebola virus. Early signs and symptoms include:

  • Fever
  • Severe headache
  • Joint and muscle aches
  • Chills
  • Weakness

Over time, symptoms become increasingly severe and may include:

  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Diarrhea (may be bloody)
  • Red eyes
  • Raised rash
  • Chest pain and cough
  • Stomach pain
  • Severe weight loss

Thus, if you have any of these syptoms immediately seek medical attention!

 

 

During a crucial meeting, called by President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday, August 13, to discuss the various efforts at federal and state levels to combat the Ebola virus, Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Labaran Maku said,

“We rose from this meeting with the confidence that we will defeat this virus in line with the leadership being given by the president and state governors and professional health workers.”

The Lagos Governor, Babatunde Fashola, made case for transparent disclosure of infected persons, adding that health workers are provided with advanced equipment to protect them in their first line of duties.

His ‎Enugu State counterpart, Sullivan Chime said, “‎From the reports of the meeting it’s clear Nigeria has the capacity to fight ebola but there is need for standardised practice combating it,” while the WHO Representative, insisted that the epidemic was controllable.