The Lagos State Government has revealed that 59 persons came in contact with the 40 year old Liberian man, Patrick Sawyer, who died of the Ebola virus recently.
As part of measures to avert the spread of the deadly ebola virus disease, the 59 contacts have been placed on close surveillance.
The Lagos State commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who disclosed this at a press briefing held in conjunction with Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) officials at the Staff Clinic in Alausa, said there was no cause for alarm.
According to him, “So far, a total of 59 contacts have been registered, consisting 44 hospital contacts, 38 healthcare workers and six laboratory staff and 15 airport contacts comprising three Economic Communities of West African States (ECOWAS) staff driver, liaison and protocol officer, Nigerian ambassador to Monrovia, two nursing staffers and five airport passenger handlers.
“As of the time of this report, 20 contacts had been physically screened, of which 50 percent had type one contact and 50 percent had type two contacts.”
He emphatically reiterated that, “We can categorically state that as of today, we have only one case of imported Ebola and one death. No Nigerian is infected but all contacts are being actively followed.
We call on all Nigerians to be calm and not panic and do hereby assure them that both the state and federal governments are up in arms to ensure that the virus did not escape and that no Nigeria is infected with it.”
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