How did Nigeria manage to effectively contain and treat the Ebola virus when it entered its borders? Check all that apply. The Nigerian doctor who treated the first case quickly recognized the virus, isolated the patient and alerted the authorities. The hospital where the Ebola patient was being treated received support from state health authorities. Nigeria's president convened local governors and insisted upon state planning for the virus. Nigeria's preexisting Polio Emergency Center was employed to organize the national response to Ebola and communicate with its 36 states. Note: Make sure you select all of the correct options-there may be more than one!
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The Nigerian doctor who treated the first case quickly recognized the virus, isolated the patient and alerted the authorities. The hospital where the Ebola patient was being treated received support from state health authorities. Nigeria's president convened local governors and insisted upon state planning for the virus. Nigeria's preexisting Polio Emergency Center was employed to organize the national response to Ebola and communicate with its 36 states. Note: Make sure you select all of the correct options-there may be more than one!
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On July 20 a man who was ill flew on commercial planes from the heart of the Ebola epidemic in Liberia to Lagos, Nigeria's largest city. That man became Nigeria's first Ebola case—the index patient. In a matter of weeks some 19 people across two states were diagnosed with the disease (with one additional person presumed to have contracted it before dying).