Nigerian students in the United States of America will be tested for
the Ebola Virus Disease as the American government tries to prevent
the virus from spreading to campuses in the country.
According to the American authorities, there are 9,728 Nigerian
students in various universities in the country, while Liberia, Sierra
Leone and Guinea have 204, 169 and 95 students, respectively.
With the virus spreading in Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea,
the expected arrival of thousands of students from those countries has
the US authorities on the alert, but cautioning against alarm.
While the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention have issued no
specific recommendations for colleges, some state health departments,
including those in South Carolina and North Dakota, have spelt out for
administrators what symptoms to look out for and how to react.
According toFox News, universities are making precautionary plans
against the EVD, which causes weakness, vomiting, diarrhoea, internal
bleeding and sometimes bleeding from the nose and ears.
Also, the American College Health Association urged its members to
update emergency plans, find out where patients have travelled and use
isolation exam rooms when available. Several colleges are checking the
temperatures of students arriving from affected countries and
continuing to monitor for fever until any risk of contagion has
passed.
The Student Health Director at the University of Missouri-Columbia and
a member of the ACHA, Dr. Susan Even, noted that while there was no
real threat of the virus, it was vital to take precautions.
"I don't see this as a huge threat on college campuses, but it makes
sense when you're communicating with students to ask a question or
two."
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