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 to Fox 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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