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| Modou Njie |
By Abdoulie Nget
Just a day after Liberia reconfirmed Ebola Cases, The Gambia
Government through the health ministry declared the country as Ebola free, but
urged citizens to be vigilant.
In a media briefing on Thursday, Modou Njie, Director of Health
Promotion under the health ministry declared The Gambia as Ebola free saying,
“Ebola outbreak is not yet over as it is still in sub region, which is why we
as Gambians should continue observing the preventive measures”.
He added: “The Health Ministry is working very hard in making sure
that the Gambia remains free from Ebola. We registered as at yet, as we have
been very active in resource mobilisation and surveillance, which shows how
vigilant we are towards taking protective measures against the deadly disease.”
For Njie, it is a plus for the Government, donors and citizens of
the Gambia, knowing that the disease is not in the country and the health
department will strengthen all its preventive measures as well as release any
information related to the disease.
“In combating the disease, we have a task force on the ground which
embedded sub committees in various communities making sure that the country is
safe from Ebola.”
Njie went further to urge Gambians to be using the 1026, a free call
number which was initiated by PURA to report and seek information related to
Ebola, but went on to advice people not to abuse its usage.
The reason for continues briefing the public through the media, he
said will help minimise rumours regarding the situation of the disease in the
country.
Also speaking, Bakary Sanneh, National Public Health Laboratory
Services, said: “There are three Ebola centres in the Gambia, Mansakonko, Basse
and Banjul Sanatorium and all these centres are well equipped to collect data
and send them to Dakar for testing in case any Ebola case arise.”
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