Nigeria, June 5 -- In a statement released on Friday in Lagos, the Managing Director of Lagos Waste Management Authority, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, said the directive is aimed at tightening the bolts of preparedness and ensuring full compliance with infection prevention standards as well as medical waste handling protocols.

According to him, the move is a forward-looking safety measure designed to keep the state a step ahead of any potential health storm, even as he reiterated that no confirmed case of Ebola Virus Disease has been recorded in Lagos State or anywhere in Nigeria.

He explained that the advisory is not born out of panic, but prudence-an effort to reinforce existing public health shields already in place.

Gbadegesin stressed t...