President Barack Obama of the United States of America has said that the trial drug for the treatment of Ebola, ZMapp, cannot be made available for now.
Obama said since the drug is still at the trial stage, there was the need to allow it run through all processes.
The President, who spoke at a news conference to cap the first-ever US-Africa Leaders Summit on Wednesday, said the process will only be completed when the United States Centre for Disease Control approves it.
He said: “I think we’ve got to let the science guide us.
“I don’t think all the information is in on whether this drug is helpful.”
Obama said the best approach for now to the ravaging Ebola virus is to observe all protocols for its control, adding that it can be “controlled and contained”.
He added: “We’re focusing on the public health approach right now.
“But I will continue to seek information about what we’re learning with respect to these drugs going forward.”
Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, had on Wednesday appealed to the United States Government to make ZMapp available to Nigeria to check the spread of the Ebola virus.
A Liberian, Patrick Sawyer, and one of the nurses who treated Sawyer in Lagos, Nigeria, are the two known victims to have died from the virus in the country.
Chukwu said seven other persons are down with illness from the virus.
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