The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it is on high alert following an Ebola scare in the country.

The agency confirmed on Friday that two recent suspected cases of viral haemorrhagic fever in Abuja tested negative for both Ebola and Marburg viruses.

NCDC Director-General, Jide Idris, disclosed this in a statement, noting that the most recent case involved a traveller who arrived in Abuja from Kigali and immediately sought medical attention after feeling unwell.

“The decision to report early, combined with the vigilance of the attending clinician and hospital team, ensured that our public health system was promptly activated and that the risk to the public was minimised,” Idris stated.

He added that the NCDC had conducted a Dynamic Risk Assessment in response to fresh reports of Ebola in other countries and had stepped up preventive measures nationwide.

According to him, surveillance has been reinforced at points of entry, isolation and treatment facilities placed on alert, and critical infection-prevention supplies prepositioned.