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Governors of Nigeria's 36 states have resorted to greeting each another with clenched fist salutes - not out of revolutionary fervour or youthful exuberance, but to avoid transmitting the deadly #Ebola virus.
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President Goodluck Jonathan summoned the governors and regional health commissioners to an emergency meeting in the capital, #Abuja, to discuss how to stop the spread of Ebola, and the governors "opted to greet one another with clenched fists."
At their meeting with the president, the governors agreed to set up seven laboratories nationwide to test for Ebola, and upheld a decision to ban the movement of corpses from state to state without a waiver from the federal ministry of health and proper safeguards.
Scientists at Aberystwyth University have established that shaking hands is one of the most effective ways of passing on bacteria, and recommend 'fist-bumping' as a much less risky way of greeting if people don't want to avoid physical contact altogether.
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Excerpt:
President Goodluck Jonathan summoned the governors and regional health commissioners to an emergency meeting in the capital, #Abuja, to discuss how to stop the spread of Ebola, and the governors "opted to greet one another with clenched fists."
At their meeting with the president, the governors agreed to set up seven laboratories nationwide to test for Ebola, and upheld a decision to ban the movement of corpses from state to state without a waiver from the federal ministry of health and proper safeguards.
Scientists at Aberystwyth University have established that shaking hands is one of the most effective ways of passing on bacteria, and recommend 'fist-bumping' as a much less risky way of greeting if people don't want to avoid physical contact altogether.
Click here to read more
