The World Health Organization says the Ebola
epidemic that has killed 2,811 in West Africa has been
contained in Senegal and Nigeria.
The UN health agency said on Monday that Senegal
had not reported any new cases of the virus since the
first case was reported on august 29, while the last
case reported in Nigeria was on September 8.
The incubation period for Ebola is 21 days and
double that time must pass without any new cases
arising before a country can be deemed
transmission-free.
Both Senegal and Nigeria implemented strict
measures to isolate the virus and track down further
possible cases. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have
failed to impose such steps, allowing the disease to
take hold.
The announcement came as Nigerian students
prepared to return to school after an enforced
summer break because of Ebola.
However, the W.H.O said the world’s worst outbreak
of the virus remained a “public health emergency of
international concern.”
The W.H.O. also said a total of 5,864 people had been
infected in five West African countries as of
September 18, and had claimed 181 lives since the
last death toll of 2,630 was issued on September 14.
Guinea, where the outbreak began at the start of the
year, and neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone by
far account for most of the cases and continue to see
ballooning numbers.
Liberia had been hit hardest, with 1,578 deaths from
3,022 cases.
The spread of the disease has threatened to undo
progress made in rebuilding Liberia and Sierra Leone
after their wars of the 1990s, and exposed the
fragility of the state in Guinea.


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We have done a good job on this Ebola issue. Kudos to the Lagos government and the federal government.

The way we tackle Ebola is a pointer to how much we can achieve as a country if we have a strong WILL, if we do not allow political or regional sentimentality get into our way of reasoning.

GOD bless Nigeria.

The ebola issue is the only thing I can be proud of FG since I have been a nigerian and for lagos state am not surprise cos the state was blessed with FASHOLA tenure..hate him or love FASHOLA as far am concern he's a God sent....in summary am proud of fg and lasg for correcting the ebola wrong by proactive reactions...once again am proud...

I really must comment the minister of health on the way he handled this ebola scare. Kudos Prof.

arsetalks: We have done a good job on this Ebola issue. Kudos to the Lagos government and the federal government.

The way we tackle Ebola is a pointer to how much we can achieve as a country if we have a strong WILL, if we do not allow political or regional sentimentality get into our way of reasoning.

GOD bless Nigeria.

u mean the lagos govt that it took three days to start recovering dead bodies from the rubbles of the collapsed synagogue building, after begging TB joshua (the chief culprit) to withdraw his church officials? Pls commend the health ministry, especially the minister.

Noneroone: u mean the lagos govt that it took three days to start recovering dead bodies from the rubbles of the collapsed synagogue building, after begging TB joshua (the chief culprit) to withdraw his church officials?

Nonsense. Arrant nonsense. You mean the FG that didn't release money till weeks later?

That's good news tho...Thumbs up to the government, at least for now.

Lol...d important thing is...no more ebola huggin. Lol

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arsetalks: Nonsense. Arrant nonsense. You mean the FG that didn't release money till weeks later?

so in a situation where "FG didnt release money" the credit goes to Lagos govt by default?

Noneroone: so in a situation where "FG didnt release money" the credit goes to Lagos govt by default?

Hypocrite. I credited both governments but you discredited Lagos state government and credited the federal goverment because of your APC/PDP bullshiit.

Noneroone: u mean the lagos govt that it took three days to start recovering dead bodies from the rubbles of the collapsed synagogue building, after begging TB joshua (the chief culprit) to withdraw his church officials? Pls commend the health ministry, especially the minister.

Don't be biased, this is a national and even world epidemic which Lagos state and both the FG have tried their best in containing the disease.

Judging Lagos state because of collapse of church building... That's ignorance I must say.

Hadn't been Lagos state waited for the FG to release fund before embarking on the treatment of the infected people and also tracking the primary and secondary contact, I'm sure you'll either be at the end of your room praying everyday not to catch the disease or you lock yourself up in your house for 3 months LOL because the moment it spread to 100 people the moment it is outta control

So big *thumbsup* to LASG and FG plus prof Chukwu

Hope the high cost of salt has gone down

Thank God.

Well done Fashola!
Well done Prof. Onyebuchi!
Well done FG!

Kudos to all the health workers that all contributed to the eradication of this deadly virus from our country, despite the danger you lot were exposed to.

#endofebolainnigeria