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Nigeria: President Declares Nigeria Ebola-Free
allafrica.com ^ | 25 September 2014 | Okoro Chinedu Ifeanyi

Posted on 09/25/2014 2:52:33 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe

Lagos — President Goodluck Jonathan told the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly his administration had rid the country of the deadly Ebola virus.

“Your Excellencies, while Africa, and in particular, West Africa, battles conflicts and terrorism, with progressive results, the region is now being devastated by the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). While Nigeria was able to respond effectively to control the spread of the disease, the situation in Liberia and Sierra Leone requires sustainable, collective global action to contain.

Through the concerted efforts of our healthcare professionals, the World Health Organisation and our international partners, we have been able to contain the EVD and ...

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: ebola; nigeria
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1 posted on 09/25/2014 2:52:33 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Ping…

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

2 posted on 09/25/2014 2:53:01 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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"battles conflicts and terrorism, with progressive result"

I will withhold judgment on their statements. Ebola must be easier to fight than those dang scammers that send the emails about leftover money.

3 posted on 09/25/2014 3:20:08 AM PDT by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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To: dynachrome

Free of Ebola? For how long? Only until the cover up can not be contained. these little dictatorship better wake up to the cisis they face.


4 posted on 09/25/2014 3:21:55 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Isn’t this the president who won’t go looking for the hundreds of kidnapped schoolgirls? If he doesn’t know where the schoolgirls are, how could he know where Ebola is?


5 posted on 09/25/2014 3:25:11 AM PDT by grania
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To: Smokin' Joe
If this is true - and it may BE true, at least for now - it illustrates the value of quarantine and complete contact tracing. The Patrick Sawyer-derived cases, IF they are the only ones, have not created a self-sustaining epidemic.

It's sad to think that we could not do what Nigeria has done, but I bet we could not.

6 posted on 09/25/2014 3:29:35 AM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: Smokin' Joe
Well, he ain't gonna charge ya for it!

So it's free!

7 posted on 09/25/2014 3:32:41 AM PDT by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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To: Smokin' Joe

PRAISE BE!!! The Nigerian president has joined the status of miracle worker with Obama. Obama declares the economy is roaring and it is roaring. Obama declares the multitudes are fed and they are. Nigeria declares ebola is eradicated and behold the miracle.


8 posted on 09/25/2014 3:36:08 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: Smokin' Joe

Well good for Nigeria then!


9 posted on 09/25/2014 4:24:32 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Smokin' Joe

Begging the question, “Where did they send them?”


10 posted on 09/25/2014 4:28:33 AM PDT by Artie (We are surrounded by MORONS)
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To: Smokin' Joe

There is no Ebola in Nigeria!

11 posted on 09/25/2014 4:56:33 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Smokin' Joe

This is quite probably true - for now. I will pray that it remains that way, but they will have to work at it too.


12 posted on 09/25/2014 5:10:44 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: grania
If he doesn’t know where the schoolgirls are, how could he know where Ebola is?

Bingo!

13 posted on 09/25/2014 5:28:37 AM PDT by bgill
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To: Smokin' Joe

Thanks for the ping!


14 posted on 09/25/2014 7:03:59 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Smokin' Joe

Boko Haram probably just killed everyone with Ebola.


15 posted on 09/25/2014 7:05:13 AM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: Smokin' Joe

He has been reading too much NY Times. You can’t just declare an Ebola free zone.


16 posted on 09/25/2014 7:39:45 AM PDT by Idaho_Cowboy (Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
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Right. It takes 42 days without a new case.


17 posted on 09/25/2014 8:10:38 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

I’ve read that by 2050, Nigeria will have a larger population than the USA.


18 posted on 09/25/2014 10:40:57 AM PDT by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Officially, Nigeria cannot be declared Ebola-free until two incubation periods (that is, 42 days) have passed without a new case. So far, 5 days have passed since the last contact has been cleared. But things are looking good for Nigeria.

We haven’t heard much about the unrelated Ebola outbreak in DRC. However, the DRC has a history of Ebola outbreaks and knows how to contain it. I expect that outbreak will end fairly soon.


19 posted on 09/25/2014 4:36:01 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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Could be, iirc, there are 25,000,000 in the Lagos ‘metro area’ alone.


20 posted on 09/25/2014 7:02:07 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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