MON, FEB 10 2020-theG&BJournal– The Lagos State government is strengthening its response mechanisms to combat any possible outbreaks of the Coronavirus as well as Lasa fever in the State.
The State government together with State Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, has constituted a 5-man committee on Epidemic Preparedness Response Plan (EPRP), across the 57 councils of the state.
The committee is to engage and ensure strong collaboration of the agency with all stakeholders to implement the EPRP.
According to Director-General of LASEMA, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyitolu, the agency will work with the Health Care Board to have a two-day workshop/training for the LASEMA emergency response team (LRT) which includes EMS and Regular Search and Rescue/Recovery team) health care workers on Coronavirus and Lassa fever.
The agency will also be training the Local Emergency Management Committee in all 20 LGAs and 37 LCDAs on building local resilience and response to epidemic emergency.” He said plans were on to enlighten the public through the media and road shows in all the 57 councils ensuring information about the epidemics gets to the grass root.
The state government also has began surveillance tour, with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, and African Field Epidemiology Network, AFENET, of livestock and bush meat markets across the state to test animals for components of monkeypox.
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