Despite efforts at containing the Ebola Virus Disease and reduction of patients on treatment to only one person in Nigeria, the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, Wednesday warned that Nigeria is still at risk of the virus.
Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, he said that the virus can still find its way to Nigeria as long as there is any case of Ebola anywhere in the world and there is free movement of persons from country to country.
According to him, Nigerians don’t need to roll out the drums and celebrate now until the last case is eliminated in the world.
But he said that Nigeria is not panicking over the disease and therefore no need to close its borders.
Stressing that screening of visitors and Nigerians coming back to the country is being intensified at the entry points, he urged Nigerians to remain careful and keep on observing behaviours that will keep the virus at bay.