Why did it take 42 days to declare Nigeria free of Ebola?
Any guesses?
Hint: 42 = 21 X 2
It takes 21 days to declare any person in contact with an Ebola patient free of any potential to the disease.
Hint: Nigeria is a country with people moving in and out of it everyday.
No clue? Really?
Declaring a country free of the Ebola virus is a two step waiting process. The first step is to be sure all the KNOWN potential patients are free of disease. That is 21 days. The second step is to wait another 21 days IN CASE a person came into the country after the 21st of quarantine of KNOWN contact. In other words on the 21st day of quarantine, like that of the folks in Dallas, all the knowns are released from quarantine. But, what if a contact was made only today? Then to be sure the other UNKNOWNS in the country have not come forward with symptoms there is another waiting period WITHOUT quarantine. THAT WAS WITHOUT QUARANTINE. It is a WAITING PERIOD of 21 days after the last quarantine was lifted.
Now I suppose this scenario can go on forever, but, the WHO stated after 42 days a country can be considered Ebola free. The status of the virus is such that there is NO KNOWN SOURCE now in Nigeria.
Any guesses?
Hint: 42 = 21 X 2
It takes 21 days to declare any person in contact with an Ebola patient free of any potential to the disease.
Hint: Nigeria is a country with people moving in and out of it everyday.
No clue? Really?
Declaring a country free of the Ebola virus is a two step waiting process. The first step is to be sure all the KNOWN potential patients are free of disease. That is 21 days. The second step is to wait another 21 days IN CASE a person came into the country after the 21st of quarantine of KNOWN contact. In other words on the 21st day of quarantine, like that of the folks in Dallas, all the knowns are released from quarantine. But, what if a contact was made only today? Then to be sure the other UNKNOWNS in the country have not come forward with symptoms there is another waiting period WITHOUT quarantine. THAT WAS WITHOUT QUARANTINE. It is a WAITING PERIOD of 21 days after the last quarantine was lifted.
Now I suppose this scenario can go on forever, but, the WHO stated after 42 days a country can be considered Ebola free. The status of the virus is such that there is NO KNOWN SOURCE now in Nigeria.
