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Reps raise alarm over second wave of Ebola
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By Tordue Salem, Abuja
The House of Representatives has warned of a second outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the country, urging the country’s health officials to embrace preventive measures.
The House gave the warning on Wednesday in plenary, after adopting a motion on the subject, sponsored by Rep. Idem Unyime(Akwa Ibom-PDP).
The motion is entitled: “Urgent Need to Create Immediate Public awareness to Combat Possible outbreak of Ebola Virus, and to take measures to avoid the same”.
In his motion, Rep. Idem, who represents Ukansfun/Oruk Anam Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State, while presenting his motion, recalled that “Ebola Virus Disease (commonly known as “Ebola”) was reported and confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the 25th March 2014 in West African Countries as a small part of the epidemic which originated in Guinea and represents the first outbreak of the disease globally.