NIGERIAN volunteers from different health professions, numbering up
to 591, have offered themselves to join the international force in
Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, to assist in the containment of Ebola
virus disease in the countries.
Health
Minister, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, who gave the hint on Wednesday,
after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, noted that he
had already disclosed the arrangement by Nigeria to send health
volunteers to the three countries at a separate meeting on Ebola, which
was attended by world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly
held in New York, United States (US).
He added, however, that before the volunteers were allowed to leave,
certain conditions would have to be met, including the approval of the
president.
He further hinted that Nigeria was awaiting the arrival of three
mobile laboratories which the Federal Ministry of Heath ordered, as part
of the measures to contain the virus, which would be used in other
parts of the country.
Chukwu said FEC also noted the commendation given to Nigeria by New
York Times on the containment and control of the Ebola virus disease in
the country.
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