The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu , has warned that Nigeria is under the immediate threat of the deadly Ebola virus
He disclosed this while chatting with journalists at the presidential villa in Abuja on Wednesday.
Chukwu said, “Ebola has been moving eastward towards Nigeria as well and we are already facing danger from the Central African Republic, even with what is happening in Congo, people are also migrating to Chad and Cameroon are also in our borders.”
He advised Nigerians not to wait for three days as customary of malaria fever before seeking medical attention, saying such a period was enough for an infected person to die.
The minister explained that while a special type of rat spreads infection for Lassa fever, bats, he said, were responsible for Ebola.
He said one could be infected by eating fruits that had been contaminated with the virus by bats.
Chukwu urged Nigerians to apply personal hygiene.