Nigeria is not prepared for another Ebola outbreak

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Contrary to assertion by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) that the country is better prepared for another possible outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) now than in 2014, a virologist, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, said Nigeria is not prepared for another outbreak.
Tomori, former President of the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) and Vice Chancellor, Redeemers University, who had worked with the WHO, said: “If Ebola strikes in Nigeria, can we rapidly and effectively control it as we did in 2014? My answer is more a ‘No’ than a ‘Yes’.
“The problem is with the poor state of our disease control system – detection, reporting, sample collection and laboratory diagnosis. It is appreciated that the NCDC is making strenuous efforts to correct this national disaster. However, it will take additional support, funds and political commitment, to repair the years of damage we have inflicted on our disease surveillance system.”

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