PLEASE NOTE! Lagos State Government Issues Alert On The Deadly Ebola Virus!!!

The Lagos state government worried by the increasing cases
of deaths from the outbreak of Ebola virus in some
neighbouring West African countries,has given some
precautionary measures to prevent the outbreak of the
deadly virus in the state.
Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, in a statement, said
the measures became necessary with a view to preventing the
outbreak of the disease in the State,
listing the measures include;
washing of hands often with soap and water, avoiding close
contact with people who are sick and ensuring that objects
used by the sick are decontaminated and properly disposed.
He advised health workers to be at alert and ensure they
always wore personal protective equipment as well as
observed universal basic precautions when attending to
suspected or confirmed cases, and report same to their Local
Government Area or Ministry of Health immediately.
He stressed that
“Early symptoms of disease include:
fever, headache, chills, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, sore
throat, backache, and joint pains. Later symptoms include
bleeding from the eyes, ears and nose, bleeding from the
mouth and rectum, eye swelling, swelling of the genitals
and rashes all over the body that often contain blood. It
could progress to coma, shock and death.”
*wahala dey!…..They should please watch the border into
Nigeria ooooh..this thing is scary!