▪Senate wants Ethiopian Airlines banned.
28 persons who had contact with the Italian who brought Coronavirus into Nigeria have been identified, the Ogun State Governor, Mr. Dapo Abiodun has said.
Two isolation centres have also been created in the state in addition to the shut down of the company he visited, Abiodun added, as the Senate has asked that Ethiopian Airlines be barred from flying into Nigeria.
Chairman Senate Committee on Primary Healthcare and Communicable diseases, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, in a statement said the Airline operates up to 35 flights between China and Nigeria. Coronavirus broke out in Wuhan city in the Hubei province of China.
Just Thursday, the Senate faulted the unserious manner health officials were operating at ports. Senator Ajayi Borrofice had told his colleagues how he came into the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport without any screening excerpts forms he was given to fill.
Meanwhile, Lafarge Africa Plc, a cement manufacturer, admitted that the Italian who brought the disease to Nigeria visited its plant in Ewekoro, Ogun state.
In a statement, Folashade Ambrose-Medebem, a spokesperson of the company, said on Friday: “The Lagos State Government has reported a first case of n-COVID19 (Coronavirus) in Nigeria. The individual concerned works for a vendor that provides services to Lafarge Africa Plc in Ogun State.
“As a business, we have immediately identified the persons who had direct contact with the concerned individual. We have equally initiated isolation, quarantine and disinfection protocol.
“We thank the exemplary leadership of the federal ministry of health, Ogun and Lagos State Governments for swiftly providing response and testing facilities and we are working in full co-operation with all local authorities.
“Lafarge Africa is also working in close partnership with International SOS, our medical service provider, a leading global health company.
“Health and Safety remains a core value at Lafarge Africa and we intend to leverage this strength at this critical time.”
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