Nigeria’s ambassador to Liberia, Chigozie Obi-Nnadozie and 58 others had contact with Patrick Sawyer, the victim of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, who died in Lagos last Thursday, says the Lagos State Government.
At a news conference on Monday at the Lagos State Government Secretariat in Alausa, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris disclosed that 59 people had contact with the late Sawyer, which included the Nigerian Ambassador to Liberia.
“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 3 ECOWAS staff-driver, Liaison, and Protocol officer, Nigerian Ambassador to Monrovia, two nursing staff and five Airport passenger handlers.
“As of the time of this report, 20 contacts had been physically screened of which 50% are type 1 contact and 50% had had type 2 contact. Airline manifest has not been provided by the airline at the time of this report and therefore the precise number of passenger contacts is yet to be ascertained, especially as two flights were involved (Monrovia-Lome and Lome-Lagos),” he disclosed.
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