The Management of Lafarge Plc has revealed that the Italian
who brought Coronavirus to Nigeria first slept at the Airport Hotel, Ikeja,
Lagos before coming to the company in Ogun State.
The 44-year-old Italian was diagnosed of the deadly disease
on Thursday, a situation that has sent panic across the nation.
Industrial Director, Lafarge Plc, Segun Soyoye, said the
Italian came to Lafarge facilities at Ewekoro to inspect some installations of
machines bought from a Swedish firm.
He spoke at the Lafarge facility during an
on-the-spot-assessment by the Ogun State Government, Nigeria Centre for Disease
Control (NCDC) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) teams at the weekend.
Soyoye added that the Italian did not go behind Lafarge
guest house at Ishofin Estate before he was evacuated having developed abnormal
temperatures that suggested he had been infected with Covid-19.
“The Italian came for a business visit. He was in Lagos on
Monday and slept at Airport Hotel, Ikeja. Our driver took him there, and when
we observed abnormal temperatures and symptoms, we quickly instituted an
Emergency Response Team which is led by the Company’s CEO; we have to find a
way of analysing and identifying not only the Italian but also the other
contacts,” he said in a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
According to him, “the contacts are now 39 and we have
quarantined them, the house and clinic as well as the vehicles. We don’t take
chances that is why they are put there.
“They will be there for 14 days. We will continue to observe
them, we have their database, showing their biodata and other information. The
doctor is here and what he is doing is to check them on a regular basis. So far
everybody is stable, they are not symptomatic, we are providing everything for
them over there.
“The other thing that I have not said is that the clinic
that was used for the infected person is closed, disinfected and we moved
everybody out.
“All the guys on duty that day, they were also quarantined,
so they will be there for 14 days as well,” Soyoye said.
Also, Mr Ibrahim Mamadu, the Team Leader of World Health
Organisation (WHO) Nigeria, also commended the internal processes undertaken so
far by Lafarge Africa to contain the deadly disease.
He, however, advised the company and others to acquire
digital thermometers to check body temperatures instead of infrared
thermometers for accurate body temperature readings.
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I believe this shouldn't av happened in a developed country like ours.The Italian man should av been tested at his arrival in the airport before going anywhere now look at what negligence is causing and putting peoples life at risk.Nigerian government need to do something fast
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