FG unveils plans to check Ebola at seaports

The Federal Government has instituted measures to ensure that the deadly Ebola virus does not find its way back to the country through the seaports.Consequently, government is deploying officials of Port Health Services and Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, to achieve the containment. Speaking to newsmen in Lagos weekend, Port Manager of Lagos Port Complex, Apapa, Hajia Aisha Ali-Ibrahim, said all hands were on deck to intensify screening of seafarers coming into the country through the waterways and also ensure appropriate screening at all entry points into the port. She also said NPA was giving all necessary support to the Port Health Services to ensure there were no loopholes in carrying out the checks.

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