The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has authorized an emergency fee of N100,000 per individual, weekly, for people positioned in isolation or quarantine as a part of efforts to include the Ebola outbreak in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
The Director-General of the company, Dr Jide Idris, disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja on Sunday.
“We introduced the payment after some contacts raised concerns about feeding, accommodation and how to take care of their families while under monitoring. The support is to ease their financial burden and encourage them to cooperate with health officials,” Idris mentioned.
The NCDC chief defined that the fee was not included in the preliminary response plan however grew to become essential due to the considerations raised by these affected.
“This was not planned for, but it is an emergency. We will continue to review it as we go along,” he mentioned.
Idris additionally known as on state governments to put together financially and logistically for public well being emergencies.
He confused that the duty for holding outbreaks shouldn’t relaxation on the FCT alone.
