250 Nigerian volunteers to leave for Liberia, others

The Nigerian government has finalized plans to send 250 volunteers to Ebola-affected countries in West Africa to aid in the fight against the disease.

The volunteers are expected to depart today, December 3, and will be sent off at a formal ceremony attended by the Supervising Minister of Health, Khaliru Alhassan and other top government officials.

The 250 workers, consisting of doctors, nurses, pharmacists, will be deployed to posts in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone and are part of a 1000-strong team which was formed under the African Union Support to Ebola Outbreak in West Africa (ASEOWA).

Nigeria has been declared Ebola-free but health experts have warned that the country will not be totally out of the woods until the outbreak had been ended in the neighbouring countries as well.