Ebola: NCDC approves N100k weekly for each person in isolation.
Briefing newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, Director-General of the NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, explained […] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has approved a weekly payment of N100,000 per person to support individuals placed under isolation or quarantine as part of efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) .
According to Idris, some of the individuals under public health monitoring had raised concerns about the cost of feeding, accommodation and providing for their families while complying with the restrictions and monitoring arrangements.
He said the financial assistance was considered necessary to ensure that those identified as contacts could cooperate with health officials without facing additional economic hardship.
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