Lafarge Africa Plc,
a cement manufacturer, has confirmed that an Italian, who is the first case of
coronavirus in Nigeria, visited its plant in Ewekoro, Ogun state.
Folashade
Ambrose-Medebem, a spokesperson of the company, disclosed this in a statement
on Friday.
She said all those
who had direct contact with the Italian whose identity was not stated, have
been identified.
“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,” the statement read.
“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.”
The index case of
coronavirus in Nigeria arrived at Murtala Muhammed International Airport via a
Turkish Airline flight on Monday.
According to Akin
Abayomi, Lagos commissioner for health, the patient spent the night at an
undisclosed hotel near the airport and on Tuesday morning, he moved down to
Ewekoro in Ogun.
He reportedly
carried out business within the confines of the company on Tuesday and in the
early part of Wednesday. The Italian, who was said to have spent the night
within Lafarge premises, started to develop symptoms of high fever and body
pains in the afternoon.
He was then taken to
the company’s medical facility where the investigation began.
The patient is
currently being isolated at the state’s bio-security facility in the Yaba area
of Lagos.
More to follow…
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