President Barack Obama said on Friday that the United States takes risks from the deadly Ebola virus very seriously and that some participants at an Africa summit taking place in Washington will be screened for exposure.
“We are taking the appropriate precautions,” he said.
Obama added: “Folks who are from these countries that have even a marginal risk, or an infinitesimal risk of having been exposed in some fashion, we’re making sure we’re doing screening.”
President Goodluck Jonathan is among the African leaders that will be attending the Summit.
Jonathan is to leave Nigeria on Sunday (today) for the Summit.
Nigeria is one of the countries in West Africa that has had a taste of the Ebola virus with a Liberian infected with the ailment dying in the country.
African countries that are contending with the virus on a large scale include Liberia and Sierra Leone.
In the bid to prevent the disease from spreading to its country, Ghana has banned all airlines from Nigeria from flying into the country.
Others who will accompany Jonathan to the US-America Summit from Nigeria include the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali; and his Finance counterpart, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Others are the Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga; the Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo; and the National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki.
Jonathan will return to Nigeria on Wednesday.
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