Nigerian President and others will be tested for Ebola in Washington DC before the African summit
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Starting with Nigerian President
a trip to United States henceforth will be with scrutiny and thorough medical
check, the African/American Leaders Summit slated for Monday 4th
instant in Washington dc will be an opportunity for the President of Nigeria
and his multitudinous aides to be tested for the scary Ebola virus
President Barack Obama, has said
some African participants attending will be screened for exposure to the
dreaded Ebola virus. President Goodluck Jonathan along with his aides is among
the African leaders expected to attend the event. This action according to
Reuters is to protect United states and the citizens from the Ebola virus. The US President Obama
decided to the steps for precaution and to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus hence the planned
test for the expected African leaders.
Two countries Liberia and Sierra
Leone, headed by Mrs Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf and Ernest BaiKoroma, have withdrawn their participation though
it is unclear if their withdrawal is to avoid being medically examined
Since the
news broke the professional health bodies and medical experts have condemned
Nigeria’s response to the global outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease. They strongly
condemned what they described as poor preventive measures put in place by the
Federal Government. Nigeria has recorded the death of an Ebola victim, Patrick
Sawyer, a Liberian, who flew into the country on July 20. The deceased
collapsed on his arrival in Lagos and was rushed to hospital where he was
diagnosed with EVD. He later died on July 25. Ebola, which has killed scores in
Guinea, Gambia and Sierra Leone and Liberia, is an acute viral illness and
often characterised by fever, intense weakness, muscle pain, headache and sore
throat.
These are followed by vomiting,
diarrhoea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function, and in some cases, both internal
and external bleeding.
The decision to test the President of Nigeria his accomplice, and other African leaders would be American careful measure to ensure that no carrier of the virus gain access to American soil.
