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Nigeria is collaborating with Uganda to contain the risk of an Ebola outbreak, the health minister disclosed on Wednesday, as authorities seek to allay public concerns over a confirmed case in Abuja.
Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare Muhammad Ali Pate spoke to journalists following a meeting at the office of President Bola Tinubu’s chief of staff, Femi Gbajabiamila.
His comments came after Ugandan authorities said they had no active Ebola cases, stating that a Nigerian patient had only transited through the country without symptoms earlier this month.
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“All I can tell you is that we are collaborating with our sister African nation of Uganda,” Pate said.
“What is important is that we have found this one case. We are doing contact tracing, and we are putting containment measures to ensure that it doesn’t go into our population.”
Pate said Nigeria has the capacity to handle the situation, pointing to its experience with the 2014 outbreak.
“We have done it in 2014, and we have good public health institutions,” he said.
He urged citizens to remain vigilant but avoid panic, noting that “Nigerians should be reassured. We must be vigilant, but not panic, and people should respect public health information from trusted sources, and not spread misinformation and false rumours.”
The government pledged to keep the public informed. “We would be truthful to Nigerians with the information that we receive on a daily basis. I will be receiving a report. NCDC has an incident management system,” Pate said.
