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#COVID19Nigeria: Lafarge Shut Down, Initiates a Medical Protocol at Ewekoro Plant, Ogun state

28 Persons Identified, Quarantined After Contact With Coronavirus Patient In Ogun

In a Press Release by the company amidst the Corona Virus saga involving Lafarge, the company speedily Initiated a Medical Protocol at Ewekoro Plant, Ogun state, where the infected individual Visited. 

This immediate step was as a result of the fact that the individual concerned works for a vendor that provides services for the company in Ogun state, Nigeria


28 Persons Identified, Quarantined After Contact With Coronavirus Patient In Ogun

After the first case of the deadly coronavirus was reported and confirmed the most populous black nation Nigeria on Friday, at least 28 persons were identified and quarantined in Ogun State after coming in contact with first Coronavirus patient, an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and just returned from Milan, Italy on the 25th of February 2020,
He was was confirmed to have the COVID-19 virus by the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Friday.

According to the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, who confirmed the latest development to journalists, the company where the Italian had visited in Ewekoro has been shut down, while two isolation centres have been identified.

“The information we have is that the particular company in question has practically shut down and they have set up two isolation centres within the company. They have identified all those that have been in contact with this index, totalling about 28 so far and they have been quarantined. Channels TV reported.

“They are looking at interviewing these 28 people to know who they have been in contact with so that they can ensure these other people are quarantined,” he stated.

He added that surveillance centres have been reactivated in all the 20 Local Government Areas in the state and the Olabisi Onabanjo teaching hospital in Sagamu in case of an outbreak.

“We are not leaving any stone unturned; we have distributed a lot of items all the way to our local government and our primary health care centres; gloves, masks and protective equipment.

“We are quite worried that even from the time the sample is sent to the lab, it will take about 4 to 8 hours for the feedback; either positive or negative and the transit time from Ogun to Lagos state could be anywhere between 2 to 4 hours so that’s about 12 hours.

“We have decided that the isolation unit we have set up at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital is temporal; I have been in touch with Ministers of health, my counterpart in Lagos and the commissioner for health and we decided to upgrade our isolation centre to a full-fledge bio-security centre and the commissioner for health will be visiting Lagos and we will work together to immediately upgrade the centre in Sagamu,” he added.

The governor explained that the news did not come as a shock because of the proximity with Lagos state where the patient first had an encounter.

“We are the contiguous state to Lagos; the industrial capital of this country and we shouldn’t be shocked that this has happened; Lagos is the gateway of the country and when someone comes into Lagos, they are coming into one of our industrial hubs or to do business in Ogun state and it’s not surprising that this situation is unfolding ahead of anywhere else in the country.” He said.

Among other numerous latest reports in Nigeria about the COVID-19 was that the driver that droves the Italian man from airport to Lafarge was tested positive but has escaped from the hospital facilities in Ogun state, reportedly demanding a certain amount of money be given to his family for him to reported to where he can be isolated for treatment.

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