Ebola: Lagos Orders Churches To Stop Crusades (Volunteers urgently needed)

Subsequent to the demise of two affected individuals of Ebola Infection Disease, EVD, in Lagos, western Nigeria, the state government has requested places of worship and Muslim prayer groups in the state to hang up every crusades in addition to other programmes that will draw in huge meetings to to refrain from spread of the disease.
At a media discussion in Lagos on Wednesday, Lagos Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris mentioned that the government had before now written to places of worship and mosques to refrain from having crusades and other large activities  that might draw huge people.
In accordance to him, huge meeting should be shunned at this time pending further notification, while religious groups in different parts of the state must put on seize any crusade, assembly or gathering in the meantime.
He also mentioned that additional volunteers were immediately considered necessary to enroll in the campaign to conquer Ebola as the predicament is tremendously frightening.

“More volunteers are required immediately, particularly contact trackers, situation management workforce, particularly persons with knowledge and competence in contagious sickness control, like medical doctors, nurses, environmental health personnel and so on,” he
Idris guaranteed that government would substantiate the protection of medical doctors in addition to other people that would volunteer and would provide to them life insurance cover.
The commissioner also revealed that two of the patients with EVD were in dangerous state at the Isolation centre where they were being cared for, causing in the need for extra serious health attention and treatment to save their lives.
Idris added that 27 new contacts that had initial contact with those eight people who had first contact with Patrick Sawyer, the dead Liberian, had been recognized and that more contacts were still being searched for.
“Based on contact looking up arising from the file case that came into the country from Liberia, a total of seventy persons were followed. Of these, eight have been admitted and their blood samples taken.
“Results of 5 out of the 8 blood specimens taken have been established with 4 testing positive while the fifth person was negative. Results of three samples are outstanding. Sadly, one of the 8 admitted passed away at 2:06 p.m., thereby making deaths documented on account of the virus outbreak to two.”