No Screening For Ebola Detection At Seme Border

 

By Oladipupo Mojeed

The Seme border is yet to be equipped with detecting machines, hand sanitizers and other measures that can prevent an Ebola outbreak in the country.

Recently,  the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced the outbreak of Ebola disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), prompting countries to raise their level of alertness.

Concise News reports that several measures have been put in place at major airports in Nigeria to prevent the dreaded disease, but no such action was seen to prevent the disease at the border.

No health measures taken at the border

Checks conducted by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) showed that there were no screening points, sanitizers and detecting machines at the border.

According to the reports, travelers and residents were also yet to be sensitized on the re-emergence of the disease in DRC and measures government is putting in place to curtail its spread to Nigeria.

Also, Port Health officials were not screening people going in and out of the country through the border.

No equipment

A port health official, who pleaded for anonymity, told NAN that there are no equipment to screen people.

“We are aware of the recent outbreak of Ebola and the need to put measures on ground since this is the busiest border in the country, but there are no equipment for us.

“We have not been given screening machines, sanitizers have not being provided so there is little or nothing that we can do about it.

“You can be rest assured that once we have the necessary equipment and logistics, we would carry out all the measures that is needed to curtail this dreaded disease,” the source said.