Lagos State Government has disclosed that at least 59 people that had
contact with the late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian citizen that died of
Ebola virus Lagos last week have been placed on close surveillance.
The state Commissioner for Health Dr. Jide Idris, disclosed this on
Monday at a press briefing held in conjunction with Federal Ministry of
Health officials at the Staff Clinic in Alausa.
Idris, who said the measure was geared towards preventing the spread
of the virus, assured residents that there was no cause for alarm.
He said, “So far a total of 59 contacts have been registered
consisting 44 hospital contacts, 38 healthcare workers and six
laboratory staff. Others are 15 airport contacts comprising three
Economic Communities of West African States (ECOWAS) staff-driver,
Liaison, and Protocol officer, Nigerian Ambassador to Liberia, two
nursing staff and five airport passenger handlers.
“As of the time of this report, 20 contacts had been physically
screened of which 50 percent type one contact and 50 percent had type
two contacts.”
The commissioner lamented that the manifest of the Asky Airline
Flight No KP50 that brought the victim into the country has not been
provided by the airline at the time of this report, saying the precise
number of passenger contacts is yet to be ascertained.
He pointed out that two flights were involved (Monrovia-Lome and
Lome-Lagos), noting that there was no report of medical incident filed.
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