The Federal Government of Nigeria has stated that it has put measures
in place to ensure that Zika virus is not transmitted by mosquitoes in
the country.The Director-General of the Nigerian Centre for
Disease Control, NCDC, Prof Abdulsalam Nasiru, disclosed that the
Federal Government had put in place mechanisms to stop the Zika virus
from entering Nigeria.
He told Vanguard that part of the measures
included conducting epidemiological tests on mosquitoes to ensure they
do not carry the virus.
According
to him, as a follow up, there had been regular monitoring already and
that a meeting of stakeholders, comprising experts on public health,
among others would be convened on Wednesday in Abuja.
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