Abuja Schools Resume, Screen Pupils for Symptoms of Ebola Virus

There was screening of pupils for symptoms of Ebola Virus Disease in
the nations capital as schools resumed on Monday for a new session
after the long vacation.

Resumption had been delayed after the importation of the disease into
the country by a Liberian-American, Mr Patrick Sawyer, who died of the
disease in Lagos.

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) had insisted that schools remained
closed for fear that necessary safety measures have not been put in
place by authorities to protect school children from the disease.

When Channels Television visited some Abuja schools, buckets, hand
washing bowls and screening of pupils for high temperature were seen.

While some administrators decided to conduct these tests at the gates,
others did so at the assembly ground.

Nigeria currently has no single case of Ebola, but both the government
and health experts have continued to encourage citizens to keep proper
hygiene.

Now that school children are resuming in some parts of the country,
school administrators are expected to keep the needed vigilance for
fear of another outbreak.