Two passengers onboard the Turkish Airlines with the coronavirus infected Italian, are still at large. “As regards the number of people we are trying
Two passengers onboard the Turkish Airlines with the coronavirus infected Italian, are still at large.
“As regards the number of people we are trying to identify, as of the close of work on Wednesday, we have 15 people who are yet to be identified. Out of the 15, we have been able to identify 13 of them as of Thursday. That means we are looking for two more people onboard the flight that brought the Italian, excluding the 65 who have travelled out of Lagos,” Lagos Health Commissioner, Prof Akin Abayomi said.
“If I can’t find those two people between now and tomorrow (Friday), I will be asking the press to help me put the information about them in the media. I’m trying to hold back their information for the sake of privacy,” he said.
Abayomi added that a there are now three suspected cases of coronavirus in Nigeria and all three are in isolation at the Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba; one from France, one from England and one from China. Their samples have been taken and results are being expected. One of them, a Nigerian who returned from France on Monday was in isolation at the Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba. He said the patient was referred to the Infectious Disease Hospital by a private hospital in Lagos.
“He is a Nigerian who went to France, spent seven days there, returned to Lagos three days ago (Monday) and presented with headache and some respiratory symptoms. Because he has been in a country where there is an active person-to-person transmission, it could be common cold and there is a possibility it could be coronavirus. He has been put in isolation and the test is being run right now; I am expecting the result,” Abayomi said.
