Ebola: Anambra deploys surveillance officers to strategic locations

By Vincent Ujumadu
AWKA — The Anambra State Government has announced plans to deploy health surveillance officers to strategic locations, including the Chinua Achebe International Airport, Umueri, motor parks, banks and other public gathering places, following the reported confirmation of an Ebola case in Abuja.

The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Ben Obidike, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Awka, saying the measures were aimed at preventing the spread of the disease into the state.

He said surveillance officers would screen passengers arriving in Anambra from Abuja, Lagos and other parts of Africa as part of efforts to strengthen disease monitoring and early...