According to reuters report, “a Liberian man who died in Nigeria’s megacity of Lagos on Friday has tested positive for the deadly Ebola virus, the country’s health minister has confirmed.

The man, who was in his 40s, collapsed on arrival in Lagos, a city of 21 million people, on Sunday, and was taken from the airport and put in isolation in a local hospital.

Nigerian Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said all ports of entry in the country are now on “red alert” and health officials are investigating all people who had contact with the deceased.​”

As Nigeria recorded today, the first death of EBOLA victim reported 3 days ago, this information is very necessary for all of us…

All you need to know about Ebola Virus now:
1. Ebola is a disease outbreak that started from Central African earlier this year and has travelled over countries in a living host to West Africa. It is easily spread by physical contact and eating contaminated bush meat. Major hosts are in 5 species of Bats but monkeys and apes are easily infected and killed.
2. It kills in a week, leaving no time to treat an individual.
3. It has no known vaccine or cure.
4. Known cases have been experienced recently in Guinea, Liberia and Central Africa Rep, spreading eastwards and westwards towards Nigeria. Death toll so far in West Africa is over 100.
5. The Ebola outbreak of 2014 is the most challenging one witnessed in Africa.

What we can do?
1. Avoid eating any bush meat for now! Especially Apes and Bats.
2. Wash your hands as regularly as possible, especially after shaking a stranger. It is spread by contact.
3.The most straightforward prevention method during Ebola outbreaks is not touching patients, their excretions, and body fluids, or possibly contaminated materials and utensils. Patients should be isolated, and medical staff should be trained and apply strict barrier nursing techniques (disposable face mask, gloves, goggles, and a gown at all times). Traditional burial rituals, especially those requiring embalming of bodies, should be discouraged or modified. Awareness is key, don’t just read or ignore…

Spread this campaign before the virus spreads.

Reported by – Arowolo Jelil O.
@Zukky04
Nigeria.