US Won't Provide Experimental Ebola Drug, Zmapp, To Nigeria

The Minister of Health Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu in an audience with the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, during a visit in the minister’s office in Abuja The American Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, said on Monday, August 18, his country was not yet in a position to make the Ebola Disease experimental drug, Zmapp, available to Nigeria. During a visit to the Nigerian Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, Mr. Entwistle said that the drug was not yet available in sufficient quantity to go round all the countries requesting it. According to NAN, the ambassador didn’t say when the drug would be available for Africa’s most populous country. He only advised the Nigerian health ministry to focus on isolation, screening and prevention. Commenting the efforts of the Federal Government in curbing the spread of the Ebola virus in the country, Mr. Entwistle said the aim of the visit was to discuss further on the anti-Ebola cooperation between the US government and the Nigerian government.