Jonathan dedicates Ebola certification to health workers, others

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday dedicated the Ebola-free status of the country confirmed by the World Health Organisation to all health workers, volunteers and ordinary Nigerians who made the feat possible.

The dedication was contained in a statement in which the President welcomed the declaration by the WHO that the country is now officially Ebola-free after 42 days without any incidence of the Ebola Virus Disease.'The President consequently directs that all the anti-Ebola measures taken after the entry of the virus into the country should remain in place and that health officials should continue to actively screen persons entering the country through its air, land and sea borders for any sign of the virus.

'He also urges all Nigerians to continue to follow the anti-Ebola advisories on sanitation and personal hygiene issued by Federal and State Health authorities,' the statement added.

Some of the measures introduced after the entry of the virus included a ban on inter-state movements of corpses and repatriation of corpses from abroad without prior permit from the Ministry of Health.