The World Health Organisation (W.H.O), yesterday, declared Nigeria free of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, a no mean achievement given the deadly and delicate nature of the disease. Nigeria lost eight persons to the disease including the index (first) case, Mr Patrick Sawyer, the late Liberian-American who brought the disease to Nigeria on July 20, 2014. -
Nigeria had 20 cases of Ebola after Sawyer flew into Lagos and collapsed at the airport. Health care workers treating Sawyer were infected, and as it spread it ultimately killed eight people, a low number next to the thousands of cases and deaths in other countries. With the development, the disease killed 40 per cent of those affected in Nigeria. The WHO estimates that 90 per cent of those affected die from Ebola.
Through sheer determination and care on the part of the government and the citizenry, Nigeria ensured that only 20 persons out of a population of 167 million were affected and 60 per cent of the victims survived the disease.
The record is bettered by Uganda, which in 2007 had 149 cases and 37 deaths (25 per cent fatality) and Cote d Ívoire that had one case and no death in 1994.
Since the outbreak of the disease in four West African countries- Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria, late December 2013 and this year, Spain and the United States of America about 9000 cases have been reported with about 4500 deaths (50 per cent fatality). The breakdown of the figures in West Africa is as follows:
Nigeria is by far the most populous of these countries with a population of 167 million and yet recorded the least number of cases, an indication of the professional manner the government and the citizenry handled the challenge. The populations of the other countries are: Uganda (37 million), Cote d Ívoire (16 million), Guinea (10 million), Sierra Leone (six million) and Liberia (3.5 million), whose total of 73 million is about half of Nigeria’s population.
SOURCE: VANGUARD
Nigeria had 20 cases of Ebola after Sawyer flew into Lagos and collapsed at the airport. Health care workers treating Sawyer were infected, and as it spread it ultimately killed eight people, a low number next to the thousands of cases and deaths in other countries. With the development, the disease killed 40 per cent of those affected in Nigeria. The WHO estimates that 90 per cent of those affected die from Ebola.
Through sheer determination and care on the part of the government and the citizenry, Nigeria ensured that only 20 persons out of a population of 167 million were affected and 60 per cent of the victims survived the disease.
The record is bettered by Uganda, which in 2007 had 149 cases and 37 deaths (25 per cent fatality) and Cote d Ívoire that had one case and no death in 1994.
Since the outbreak of the disease in four West African countries- Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria, late December 2013 and this year, Spain and the United States of America about 9000 cases have been reported with about 4500 deaths (50 per cent fatality). The breakdown of the figures in West Africa is as follows:
Liberia – 4262 cases, 2484 deaths, 58.28 per cent fatality
Sierra Leone – 3410 cases, 1200 deaths, 35.19 per cent fatality
Guinea – 1519 cases, 862 deaths, 56.75 per cent fatality
Nigeria – 20 cases, eight deaths, 40 per cent fatality.
Nigeria is by far the most populous of these countries with a population of 167 million and yet recorded the least number of cases, an indication of the professional manner the government and the citizenry handled the challenge. The populations of the other countries are: Uganda (37 million), Cote d Ívoire (16 million), Guinea (10 million), Sierra Leone (six million) and Liberia (3.5 million), whose total of 73 million is about half of Nigeria’s population.
SOURCE: VANGUARD
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