The FCT Administration has heightened its disease surveillance system against key diseases like Cholera, Ebola, Monkeypox, meningitis, measles and Covid-19.
The FCTA disclosed that the Epidemiological Division of the Public Health Department, under the FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat HHSS, has gone into the alert mode of all these diseases, posing mortal dangers to humans.
This was made known by the Director of, the FCT Public Health Department, Dr. Sadiq Abdulrahaman, while briefing the media on the state of preparedness and response of the FCTA health sector, in Abuja.
Dr. Sadiq, said the FCT is on high alert mode, as part of proactive measures taken, even though it has not witnessed any serious outbreak of the diseases within the year ending,
He added that periodically, there is a weekly review, in conjunction with FCTA partners like WHO, NCDC, and Disease Surveillance and Notification officers, who are key foot soldiers at the Area Councils level.
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